Analysis of A Cloud withdrew from the Sky
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
A Cloud withdrew from the Sky
Superior Glory be
But that Cloud and its Auxiliaries
Are forever lost to me
Had I but further scanned
Had I secured the Glow
In an Hermetic Memory
It had availed me now.
Never to pass the Angel
With a glance and a Bow
Till I am firm in Heaven
Is my intention now.
| Scheme | XAXA XXAB XBXB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
| Metre | 0101101 0100101 111011 1010111 111101 110101 011100 110111 1011010 101001 1111010 110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 290 |
| Words | 62 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 77 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 26, 2023
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