Analysis of The Winters are so short

Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)



The Winters are so short—
I'm hardly justified
In sending all the Birds away—
And moving into Pod—

Myself—for scarcely settled—
The Phoebes have begun—
And then—it's time to strike my Tent—
And open House—again—

It's mostly, interruptions—
My Summer—is despoiled—
Because there was a Winter—once—
And al the Cattle—starved—

And so there was a Deluge—
And swept the World away—
But Ararat's a Legend—now—
And no one credits Noah—


Scheme AXBX XXXX XAXX XBXX
Poetic Form Quatrain  (25%)
Metre 010111 11010 01010101 010011 111010 01101 01111111 010101 110010 11011 01110101 010101 0111010 010101 110101 0111010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 465
Words 72
Sentences 1
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 83
Words per stanza (avg) 18
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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