Analysis of These are the days when Birds come back
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
These are the days when Birds come back—
A very few—a Bird or two—
To take a backward look.
These are the days when skies resume
The old—old sophistries of June—
A blue and gold mistake.
Oh fraud that cannot cheat the Bee—
Almost thy plausibility
Induces my belief.
Till ranks of seeds their witness bear—
And softly thro' the altered air
Hurries a timid leaf.
Oh Sacrament of summer days,
Oh Last Communion in the Haze—
Permit a child to join.
Thy sacred emblems to partake—
They consecrated bread to take
And thine immortal wine!
| Scheme | XXX XXA BBC DDC EEX AAX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11011111 01010111 110101 11011101 011111 010101 11110101 110100 010101 11111101 01010101 100101 11001101 11010001 010111 11010101 1100111 010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 540 |
| Words | 98 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 18 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 70 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 25, 2023
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