Analysis of Nature rarer uses yellow
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Nature rarer uses yellow
Than another hue;
Saves she all of that for sunsets,--
Prodigal of blue,
Spending scarlet like a woman,
Yellow she affords
Only scantly and selectly,
Like a lover's words.
| Scheme | ABXB XXAX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 10101010 10101 1111111 10011 10101010 10101 10101 10101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 197 |
| Words | 36 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 78 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 25, 2023
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