Analysis of What shall I do when the Summer troubles
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
What shall I do when the Summer troubles—
What, when the Rose is ripe—
What when the Eggs fly off in Music
From the Maple Keep?
What shall I do when the Skies a'chirrup
Drop a Tune on me—
When the Bee hangs all Noon in the Buttercup
What will become of me?
Oh, when the Squirrel fills His Pockets
And the Berries stare
How can I bear their jocund Faces
Thou from Here, so far?
'Twouldn't afflict a Robin—
All His Goods have Wings—
I—do not fly, so wherefore
My Perennial Things?
| Scheme | XAXX ABXB XCXX XDCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 1111101010 110111 110111010 10101 11111011 10111 1011110010 110111 110101110 00101 11111110 11111 101010 11111 111111 101001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 483 |
| Words | 95 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 92 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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