Analysis of What care the Dead, for Chanticleer
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
What care the Dead, for Chanticleer—
What care the Dead for Day?
'Tis late your Sunrise vex their face—
And Purple Ribaldry—of Morning
Pour as blank on them
As on the Tier of Wall
The Mason builded, yesterday,
And equally as cool—
What care the Dead for Summer?
The Solstice had no Sun
Could waste the Snow before their Gate—
And knew One Bird a Tune—
Could thrill their Mortised Ear
Of all the Birds that be—
This One—beloved of Mankind
Henceforward cherished be—
What care the Dead for Winter?
Themselves as easy freeze—
June Noon—as January Night—
As soon the South—her Breeze
Of Sycamore—or Cinnamon—
Deposit in a Stone
And put a Stone to keep it Warm—
Give Spices—unto Men—
Scheme | ABXX XXBX ACXX ADXD AEXE CXXX |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (33%) |
Metre | 110111 110111 1111111 010100110 11111 110111 010110 010011 1101110 010111 11010111 011101 11111 110111 1101111 1101 1101110 011101 1111001 110101 1101100 010001 01011111 110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 699 |
Words | 123 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 89 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 05, 2023
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