Analysis of My first well Day—since many ill
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
My first well Day—since many ill—
I asked to go abroad,
And take the Sunshine in my hands,
And see the things in Pod—
A 'blossom just when I went in
To take my Chance with pain—
Uncertain if myself, or He,
Should prove the strongest One.
The Summer deepened, while we strove—
She put some flowers away—
And Redder cheeked Ones—in their stead—
A fond—illusive way—
To cheat Herself, it seemed she tried—
As if before a child
To fade—Tomorrow—Rainbows held
The Sepulchre, could hide.
She dealt a fashion to the Nut—
She tied the Hoods to Seeds—
She dropped bright scraps of Tint, about—
And left Brazilian Threads
On every shoulder that she met—
Then both her Hands of Haze
Put up—to hide her parting Grace
From our unfitted eyes.
My loss, by sickness—Was it Loss?
Or that Ethereal Gain
One earns by measuring the Grave—
Then—measuring the Sun—
Scheme | XXXX XAXB XCXC DXXD XXXX XXXX XAXB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111101 111101 0101011 010101 01011110 111111 0101111 110101 01010111 1111001 01011011 010101 11011111 110101 110111 0111 11010101 110111 11111101 010101 110010111 110111 11110101 11011 11110111 1101001 11110001 110001 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 867 |
Words | 153 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 94 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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