Analysis of Nature is what we see—
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
"Nature" is what we see—
The Hill—the Afternoon—
Squirrel—Eclipse—the Bumble bee—
Nay—Nature is Heaven—
Nature is what we hear—
The Bobolink—the Sea—
Thunder—the Cricket—
Nay—Nature is Harmony—
Nature is what we know—
Yet have no art to say—
So impotent Our Wisdom is
To her Simplicity.
| Scheme | ABACDAEAFGHA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101111 01001 10010101 110110 101111 0101 10010 1101100 101111 111111 110010101 100100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 317 |
| Words | 48 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 12 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 221 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 46 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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