Analysis of No Bobolink—reverse His Singing
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
No Bobolink—reverse His Singing
When the only Tree
Ever He minded occupying
By the Farmer be—
Clove to the Root—
His Spacious Future—
Best Horizon—gone—
Whose Music be His
Only Anodyne—
Brave Bobolink—
| Scheme | ABAB XXCXCA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (50%) Tetractys (30%) |
| Metre | 1101110 10101 10110100 10101 1101 11010 10101 11011 101 11 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 216 |
| Words | 35 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 81 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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