Analysis of Sweet Mountains—Ye tell Me no lie
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Sweet Mountains—Ye tell Me no lie—
Never deny Me—Never fly—
Those same unvarying Eyes
Turn on Me—when I fail—or feign,
Or take the Royal names in vain—
Their far—slow—Violet Gaze—
My Strong Madonnas—Cherish still—
The Wayward Nun—beneath the Hill—
Whose service—is to You—
Her latest Worship—When the Day
Fades from the Firmament away—
To lift Her Brows on You—
| Scheme | AAXBBX CCDEED |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11011111 10011101 1111 11111111 11010101 1111001 111101 01010101 110111 01010101 110101 110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 396 |
| Words | 61 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 142 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 30, 2023
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