Analysis of It sifts from Leaden Sieves
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
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It sifts from Leaden Sieves—
It powders all the Wood.
It fills with Alabaster Wool
The Wrinkles of the Road—
It makes an Even Face
Of Mountain, and of Plain—
Unbroken Forehead from the East
Unto the East again—
It reaches to the Fence—
It wraps it Rail by Rail
Till it is lost in Fleeces—
It deals Celestial Vail
To Stump, and Stack—and Stem—
A Summer's empty Room—
Acres of Joints, where Harvests were,
Recordless, but for them--
It Ruffles Wrists of Posts
As Ankles of a Queen—
Then stills its Artisans—like Ghosts—
Denying they have been—
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1 111101 110101 1111001 010101 111101 110011 01010101 100101 110101 111111 1111010 110101 110101 010101 10111100 1111 110111 110101 11110011 010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 559 |
Words | 101 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 85 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 19, 2023
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