Analysis of To interrupt His Yellow Plan
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
To interrupt His Yellow Plan
The Sun does not allow
Caprices of the Atmosphere—
And even when the Snow
Heaves Balls of Specks, like Vicious Boy
Directly in His Eye—
Does not so much as turn His Head
Busy with Majesty—
'Tis His to stimulate the Earth—
And magnetize the Sea—
And bind Astronomy, in place,
Yet Any passing by
Would deem Ourselves—the busier
As the Minutest Bee
That rides—emits a Thunder—
A Bomb—to justify—
| Scheme | XXXX XAXB XBXA CBCA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1011101 011101 0101010 010101 11111101 010011 11111111 101100 1111001 0101 01010001 110101 110010100 1011 1101010 01110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 434 |
| Words | 77 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 83 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 17, 2023
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