Analysis of Ah, Moon—and Star!
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Ah, Moon—and Star!
You are very far—
But were no one
Farther than you—
Do you think I'd stop
For a Firmament—
Or a Cubit—or so?
I could borrow a Bonnet
Of the Lark—
And a Chamois' Silver Boot—
And a stirrup of an Antelope—
And be with you—Tonight!
But, Moon, and Star,
Though you're very far—
There is one—farther than you—
He—is more than a firmament—from Me—
So I can never go!
| Scheme | AAXBXCD CXCXC AABXD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101 11101 1011 1011 11111 101 101011 111010 101 001101 00101110 011101 1101 11101 1111011 11110111 111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 401 |
| Words | 75 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 7, 5, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 94 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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