Analysis of The Flower must not blame the Bee
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
The Flower must not blame the Bee—
That seeketh his felicity
Too often at her door—
But teach the Footman from Vevay—
Mistress is "not at home"—to say—
To people—any more!
| Scheme | AAB CCB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01011101 1110100 110101 11010110 10111111 110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 186 |
| Words | 33 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 66 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 05, 2023
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