Analysis of When the Astronomer stops seeking
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
When the Astronomer stops seeking
For his Pleiad's Face—
When the lone British Lady
Forsakes the Arctic Race
When to his Covenant Needle
The Sailor doubting turns—
It will be amply early
To ask what treason means.
| Scheme | XABA XXBX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 100100110 1111 1011010 10101 11110010 010101 1111010 111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 218 |
| Words | 39 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 87 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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