Analysis of A light exists in spring
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
A light exists in spring
Not present on the year
At any other period.
When March is scarcely here
A color stands abroad
On solitary hills
That science cannot overtake,
But human naturefeels.
It waits upon the lawn;
It shows the furthest tree
Upon the furthest slope we know;
It almost speaks to me.
Then, as horizons step,
Or noons report away,
Without the formula of sound,
It passes, and we stay:
A quality of loss
Affecting our content,
As trade had suddenly encroached
Upon a sacrament.
Scheme | XXXX XAXA XBXB XCXC XXXX |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (60%) Etheree (40%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 010101 110101 11010100 111101 010101 11001 1101010 1101 110101 110101 01010111 11111 110101 110101 01010011 110011 010011 0101010 11110001 010100 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 509 |
Words | 89 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 78 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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