Analysis of The Moon was but a Chin of Gold
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
The Moon was but a Chin of Gold
A Night or two ago—
And now she turns Her perfect Face
Upon the World below—
Her Forehead is of Amplest Blonde—
Her Cheek—a Beryl hewn—
Her Eye unto the Summer Dew
The likest I have known—
Her Lips of Amber never part—
But what must be the smile
Upon Her Friend she could confer
Were such Her Silver Will—
And what a privilege to be
But the remotest Star—
For Certainty She take Her Way
Beside Your Palace Door—
Her Bonnet is the Firmament—
The Universe—Her Shoe—
The Stars—the Trinkets at Her Belt—
Her Dimities—of Blue—
| Scheme | ABXB XXCX XXXX XXXX ACXC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (40%) Etheree (30%) Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 01110111 011101 01110011 010101 0101111 010101 01100101 01111 01110101 111101 01011101 010101 0101011 100101 11001101 011101 010101 01001 01010101 0111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 576 |
| Words | 107 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 86 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 25, 2023
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