Analysis of A Lady red—amid the Hill
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
A Lady red—amid the Hill
Her annual secret keeps!
A Lady white, within the Field
In placid Lily sleeps!
The tidy Breezes, with their Brooms—
Sweep vale—and hill—and tree!
Prithee, My pretty Housewives!
Who may expected be?
The Neighbors do not yet suspect!
The Woods exchange a smile!
Orchard, and Buttercup, and Bird—
In such a little while!
And yet, how still the Landscape stands!
How nonchalant the Hedge!
As if the "Resurrection"
Were nothing very strange!
Scheme | XAXA XBXB XCXC XXXX |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
Metre | 01010101 0100101 01010101 010101 01010111 110101 11101 110101 01011101 010101 1001001 010101 0111011 10101 110010 010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 464 |
Words | 79 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 90 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 04, 2023
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