Analysis of I think the Hemlock likes to stand

Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)



I think the Hemlock likes to stand
Upon a Marge of Snow—
It suits his own Austerity—
And satisfies an awe

That men, must slake in Wilderness—
And in the Desert—cloy—
An instinct for the Hoar, the Bald—
Lapland's—necessity—
The Hemlock's nature thrives—on cold—
The Gnash of Northern winds
Is sweetest nutriment—to him—
His best Norwegian Wines—

To satin Races—he is nought—
But Children on the Don,
Beneath his Tabernacles, play,
And Dnieper Wrestlers, run.  


Scheme AXBX XXXBXXXX AXXX
Poetic Form
Metre 1101111 010111 1111100 01011 11110100 000101 11010101 10100 0110111 011101 110111 11101 11010111 110101 01111 01101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 481
Words 77
Sentences 2
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 8, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 120
Words per stanza (avg) 25
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 12, 2023

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