Analysis of Of Being is a Bird
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Of Being is a Bird
The likest to the Down
An Easy Breeze do put afloat
The General Heavens—upon—
It soars—and shifts—and whirls—
And measures with the Clouds
In easy—even—dazzling pace—
No different the Birds—
Except a Wake of Music
Accompany their feet—
As did the Down emit a Tune—
For Ecstasy—of it
| Scheme | XXXX AAAA XXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (33%) |
| Metre | 110101 01101 11011101 01001001 110101 010101 010101001 110001 0101110 010011 11010101 110011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 322 |
| Words | 55 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 79 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 27, 2023
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