Analysis of Wild nights - Wild nights! (269)

Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)



Wild nights - Wild nights!
Were I with thee
Wild nights should be
Our luxury!

Futile - the winds -
To a Heart in port -
Done with the Compass -
Done with the Chart!

Rowing in Eden -
Ah - the Sea!
Might I but moor - tonight -
In thee!


Scheme XAAA XXXX XAXA
Poetic Form Quatrain  (33%)
Metre 1111 0111 1111 10100 1001 10101 11010 1101 10010 101 111101 01
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 222
Words 52
Sentences 5
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 14
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 56
Words per stanza (avg) 17
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Modified on April 21, 2023

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