Analysis of A drop fell on the apple tree
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
A drop fell on the apple tree
Another on the roof;
A half a dozen kissed the eaves,
And made the gables laugh.
A few went out to help the brook,
That went to help the sea.
Myself conjectured, Were they pearls,
What necklaces could be!
The dust replaced in hoisted roa
The birds jocoser sung;
The sunshine threw his hat away,
The orchards spangles hung.
The breezes brought dejected
And bathed them in the glee;
The East put out a single flag,
And signed the fete away.
| Scheme | AXXX XAXA XBCB XAXC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 01110101 010101 01010101 010101 01111101 111101 11011 110011 01101010 0111 0111101 01011 0101010 011001 01110101 010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 461 |
| Words | 90 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 92 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 10, 2023
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