Analysis of It bloomed and dropt, a Single Noon
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
It bloomed and dropt, a Single Noon—
The Flower—distinct and Red—
I, passing, thought another Noon
Another in its stead
Will equal glow, and thought no More
But came another Day
To find the Species disappeared—
The Same Locality—
The Sun in place—no other fraud
On Nature's perfect Sum—
Had I but lingered Yesterday—
Was my retrieveless blame—
Much Flowers of this and further Zones
Have perished in my Hands
For seeking its Resemblance—
But unapproached it stands—
The single Flower of the Earth
That I, in passing by
Unconscious was—Great Nature's Face
Passed infinite by Me—
Scheme | ABAB XCXD XXCX XEXE XXXD |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (40%) Etheree (25%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 11010101 0100101 11010101 010011 11010111 110101 1101001 010100 01011101 110011 1111010 1111 110110101 110011 1101010 1111 01010101 110101 1011101 110011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 592 |
Words | 99 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 92 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 28, 2023
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