Analysis of I tend my flowers for thee
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
I tend my flowers for thee—
Bright Absentee!
My Fuchsia's Coral Seams
Rip—while the Sower—dreams—
Geraniums— tint—and spot—
Low Daisies—dot—
My Cactus—splits her Beard
To show her throat—
Carnations—tip their spice—
And Bees—pick up—
A Hyacinth—I hid—
Puts out a Ruffled Head—
And odors fall
From flasks—so small—
You marvel how they held—
Globe Roses—break their satin glake—
Upon my Garden floor—
Yet—thou—not there—
I had as lief they bore
No Crimson—more—
Thy flower—be gay—
Her Lord—away!
It ill becometh me—
I'll dwell in Calyx—Gray—
How modestly—alway—
Thy Daisy—
Draped for thee!
Scheme | AABB CCXX XXXXDDX EFXFF EGAGGAA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111011 101 11101 110101 0100101 1101 110101 1101 010111 0111 01011 110101 0101 1111 110111 11011101 011101 1111 111111 1101 11011 0101 1111 110101 11001 110 111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 646 |
Words | 94 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 7, 5, 7 |
Lines Amount | 27 |
Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
Words per line (avg) | 3 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 91 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 24, 2023
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