Analysis of Alter! When the Hills do
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Alter! When the Hills do—
Falter! When the Sun
Question if His Glory
Be the Perfect One—
Surfeit! When the Daffodil
Doth of the Dew—
Even as Herself—Sir—
I will—of You—
| Scheme | ABXB XAXA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 101011 10101 101110 10011 101010 1101 101011 1111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 183 |
| Words | 33 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 64 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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