Analysis of Split the Lark—and you'll find the Music
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Split the Lark—and you'll find the Music—
Bulb after Bulb, in Silver rolled—
Scantilly dealt to the Summer Morning
Saved for your Ear when Lutes be old.
Loose the Flood—you shall find it patent—
Gush after Gush, reserved for you—
Scarlet Experiment! Sceptic Thomas!
Now, do you doubt that your Bird was true?
| Scheme | XAXA XBXB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 101011010 11010101 11101010 11111111 101111110 11010111 100100110 111111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 321 |
| Words | 55 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 121 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 30, 2023
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