Analysis of Some Rainbow—coming from the Fair!
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Some Rainbow—coming from the Fair!
Some Vision of the World Cashmere—
I confidently see!
Or else a Peacock's purple Train
Feather by feather—on the plain
Fritters itself away!
The dreamy Butterflies bestir!
Lethargic pools resume the whir
Of last year's sundered tune!
From some old Fortress on the sun
Baronial Bees—march—one by one—
In murmuring platoon!
The Robins stand as thick today
As flakes of snow stood yesterday—
On fence—and Roof—and Twig!
The Orchis binds her feather on
For her old lover - Don the Sun!
Revisiting the Bog!
Without Commander! Countless! Still!
The Regiments of Wood and Hill
In bright detachment stand!
Behold! Whose Multitudes are these?
The children of whose turbaned seas—
Or what Circassian Land?
| Scheme | AXXBBC AADEED CCXXEX FFGHHG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1110101 11010110 110001 1101101 10110101 10101 010101 01010101 11111 11110101 111111 010001 01011101 1111110 110101 0110101 10110101 010001 01010101 01001101 010101 0111011 0101111 1111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 735 |
| Words | 120 |
| Sentences | 17 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 24 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 146 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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