Analysis of Within my Garden, rides a Bird
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Within my Garden, rides a Bird
Upon a single Wheel—
Whose spokes a dizzy Music make
As 'twere a travelling Mill—
He never stops, but slackens
Above the Ripest Rose—
Partakes without alighting
And praises as he goes,
Till every spice is tasted—
And then his Fairy Gig
Reels in remoter atmospheres—
And I rejoin my Dog,
And He and I, perplex us
If positive, 'twere we—
Or bore the Garden in the Brain
This Curiosity—
But He, the best Logician,
Refers my clumsy eye—
To just vibrating Blossoms!
An Exquisite Reply!
| Scheme | XXAX BCAC XXBX XDXD XEXE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (60%) Etheree (30%) |
| Metre | 01110101 010101 11010101 1101001 1101110 01011 1011 010111 11001110 011101 1011 010111 0101011 110011 11010001 10100 1101010 011101 1110010 110001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 516 |
| Words | 94 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 80 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 27, 2023
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