Analysis of Midsummer, was it, when They died
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Midsummer, was it, when They died—
A full, and perfect time—
The Summer closed upon itself
In Consummated Bloom—
The Corn, her furthest kernel filled
Before the coming Flail—
When These—leaned unto Perfectness—
Through Haze of Burial—
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| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11011111 010011 01010101 01001 01010101 010101 111101 111100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 249 |
| Words | 39 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 94 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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