Analysis of Ample make this bed.
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Ample make this bed.
Make this bed with awe;
In it wait till judgment break
Excellent and fair.
Be its mattress straight,
Be its pillow round;
Let no sunrise' yellow noise
Interrupt this ground.
| Scheme | XXXX XAXA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 10111 11111 0111101 10001 11101 11101 111101 0111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 195 |
| Words | 36 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 77 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
Font size:
Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 01, 2023
- 10 sec read
- 471 Views
50 fans
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem analysis to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Ample make this bed." Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 28 Apr. 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem-analysis/11496/ample-make-this-bed.>.
Powered by CITE.ME
Discuss this Emily Dickinson poem analysis with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In