Analysis of I robbed the Woods
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
I robbed the Woods—
The trusting Woods.
The unsuspecting Trees
Brought out their Burs and mosses
My fantasy to please.
I scanned their trinkets curious—I grasped—I bore away—
What will the solemn Hemlock—
What will the Oak tree say?
| Scheme | AABCBDED |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101 0101 00101 1111010 110011 11110100111101 110101 110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 243 |
| Words | 41 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 186 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 28, 2023
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