Analysis of The Daisy follows soft the Sun
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
The Daisy follows soft the Sun—
And when his golden walk is done—
Sits shyly at his feet—
He—waking—finds the flower there—
Wherefore—Marauder—art thou here?
Because, Sir, love is sweet!
We are the Flower—Thou the Sun!
Forgive us, if as days decline—
We nearer steal to Thee!
Enamored of the parting West—
The peace—the flight—the Amethyst—
Night's possibility!
| Scheme | AABXXB AXCXXC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01010101 01110111 110111 11010101 1010111 011111 11010101 01111101 110111 01010101 01010100 10100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 386 |
| Words | 60 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 141 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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