Analysis of Like Flowers, that heard the news of Dews
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Like Flowers, that heard the news of Dews,
But never deemed the dripping prize
Awaited their—low Brows—
Or Bees—that thought the Summer's name
Some rumor of Delirium,
No Summer—could—for Them—
Or Arctic Creatures, dimly stirred—
By Tropic Hint—some Travelled Bird
Imported to the Wood—
Or Wind's bright signal to the Ear—
Making that homely, and severe,
Contented, known, before—
The Heaven—unexpected come,
To Lives that thought the Worshipping
A too presumptuous Psalm—
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110110111 11010101 010111 11110101 11010100 110111 11010101 11011101 010101 11110101 10110001 010101 0100101 11110100 0101001 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 491 |
Words | 74 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 3, 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 94 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 27, 2023
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