Analysis of Musicians wrestle everywhere

Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)



Musicians wrestle everywhere—
All day—among the crowded air
I hear the silver strife—
And—walking—long before the morn—
Such transport breaks upon the town
I think it that "New Life"!

If is not Bird—it has no nest—
Nor "Band"—in brass and scarlet—drest—
Nor Tamborin—nor Man—
It is not Hymn from pulpit read—
The "Morning Stars" the Treble led
On Time's first Afternoon!

Some—say—it is "the Spheres"—at play!
Some say that bright Majority
Of vanished Dames—and Men!
Some—think it service in the place
Where we—with late—celestial face—
Please God—shall Ascertain!


Scheme AABXXB CCXDDX XXXEEX
Poetic Form
Metre 0101010 11010101 110101 01010101 10110101 111111 11111111 11010101 1111 11111101 01010101 11101 11110111 11110100 110101 11110001 11110101 11101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 600
Words 90
Sentences 6
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 6, 6, 6
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 146
Words per stanza (avg) 29
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 17, 2023

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