Analysis of Don't put up my Thread and Needle
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Don't put up my Thread and Needle—
I'll begin to Sew
When the Birds begin to whistle—
Better Stitches—so—
These were bent—my sight got crooked—
When my mind—is plain
I'll do seams—a Queen's endeavor
Would not blush to own—
Hems—too fine for Lady's tracing
To the sightless Knot—
Tucks—of dainty interspersion—
Like a dotted Dot—
Leave my Needle in the furrow—
Where I put it down—
I can make the zigzag stitches
Straight—when I am strong—
Till then—dreaming I am sewing
Fetch the seam I missed—
Closer—so I—at my sleeping—
Still surmise I stitch—
Scheme | ABAB XCXX DECE BXXX DXDX |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (40%) Tetractys (30%) Etheree (30%) |
Metre | 11111010 10111 10101110 10101 10111110 11111 11101010 11111 11111010 1011 11101 10101 11100010 11111 11101010 11111 11101110 10111 10111110 10111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 583 |
Words | 96 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 85 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 22, 2023
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