Analysis of I watched the Moon around the House (629)
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
I watched the Moon around the House
Until upon a Pane --
She stopped -- a Traveller's privilege -- for Rest --
And there upon
I gazed -- as at a stranger --
The Lady in the Town
Doth think no incivility
To lift her Glass -- upon --
But never Stranger justified
The Curiosity
Like Mine -- for not a Foot -- nor Hand --
Nor Formula -- had she --
But like a Head -- a Guillotine
Slid carelessly away --
Did independent, Amber --
Sustain her in the sky --
Or like a Stemless Flower --
Upheld in rolling Air
By finer Gravitations --
Than bind Philosopher --
No Hunger -- had she -- nor an Inn --
Her Toilette -- to suffice --
Nor Avocation nor Concern
for little Mysteries
As harass us -- like Life -- and Death --
And Afterwards -- or Nay --
But seemed engrossed to Absolute --
With shining -- and the Sky --
The privilege to scrutinize
Was scarce upon my Eyes
When, with a Silver practise --
She vaulted out of Gaze --
And next -- I met her on a Cloud --
Myself too far below
To follow her superior Road --
Or its advantage -- Blue --
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010101 010101 11011011 0101 1111010 010001 11100100 110101 1101010 00100 11110111 110011 1101010 110001 101010 010001 110110 010101 1101 110100 11011111 01101 1010101 110100 10111101 010011 1101110 110001 010110 110111 110101 110111 01110101 11101 110001001 110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,024 |
Words | 212 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 36 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 82 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 22, 2023
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