Analysis of So much Summer
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
So much Summer
Me for showing
Illegitimate—
Would a Smile's minute bestowing
Too exorbitant
To the Lady
With the Guinea
Look—if She should know
Crumb of Mine
A Robin's Larder
Would suffice to stow—
| Scheme | ABXBX CCDXAD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1110 1110 0100 10110010 10100 1010 1010 11111 111 01010 10111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 201 |
| Words | 36 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 11 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 80 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 28, 2023
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