Analysis of The Guest is gold and crimson
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
The Guest is gold and crimson—
An Opal guest and gray—
Of Ermine is his doublet—
His Capuchin gay—
He reaches town at nightfall—
He stops at every door—
Who looks for him at morning
I pray him too—explore
The Lark's pure territory—
Or the Lapwing's shore!
| Scheme | XAXA XBXBXB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (20%) |
| Metre | 0111010 110101 110111 111 110111 1111001 1111110 111101 011100 1011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 270 |
| Words | 49 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 99 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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