Analysis of Answer July
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Answer July—
Where is the Bee—
Where is the Blush—
Where is the Hay?
Ah, said July—
Where is the Seed—
Where is the Bud—
Where is the May—
Answer Thee—Me—
Nay—said the May—
Show me the Snow—
Show me the Bells—
Show me the Jay!
Quibbled the Jay—
Where be the Maize—
Where be the Haze—
Where be the Bur?
Here—said the Year—
| Scheme | ABXC AXXCB CXXC CDDXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101 1101 1101 1101 111 1101 1101 1101 1011 1101 1101 1101 1101 101 1101 1101 1101 1101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 348 |
| Words | 66 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 5, 4, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 18 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 13 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 59 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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