Analysis of Her Sweet turn to leave the Homestead
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Her Sweet turn to leave the Homestead
Came the Darker Way—
Carriages—Be Sure—and Guests—too—
But for Holiday
'Tis more pitiful Endeavor
Than did Loaded Sea
O'er the Curls attempt to caper
It had cast away—
Never Bride had such Assembling—
Never kinsmen kneeled
To salute so fair a Forehead—
Garland be indeed—
Fitter Feet—of Her before us—
Than whatever Brow
Art of Snow—or Trick of Lily
Possibly bestow
Of Her Father—Whoso ask Her—
He shall seek as high
As the Palm—that serve the Desert—
To obtain the Sky—
Distance—be Her only Motion—
If 'tis Nay—or Yes—
Acquiescence—or Demurral—
Whosoever guess—
He—must pass the Crystal Angle
That obscure Her face—
He—must have achieved in person
Equal Paradise—
Scheme | ABXB CDCB XAAX XXDX CEXE FGHG HXFX |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Quatrain (43%) |
Metre | 0111101 10101 10011011 1110 11100010 11101 100101110 11101 101110100 1011 10111010 10101 10110011 1101 11111110 10001 1010110 11111 10111010 10101 10101010 11111 01011 0101 11101010 10101 11101010 1010 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 739 |
Words | 118 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 79 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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