Analysis of Nature—sometimes sears a Sapling
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Nature—sometimes sears a Sapling—
Sometimes—scalps a Tree—
Her Green People recollect it
When they do not die—
Fainter Leaves—to Further Seasons—
Dumbly testify—
We—who have the Souls—
Die oftener—Not so vitally—
| Scheme | XAXB XBXA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10011010 01101 0110011 11111 10111010 110 11101 110011100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 237 |
| Words | 33 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 85 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 15, 2023
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