Analysis of Spring is the Period

Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)



Spring is the Period
Express from God.
Among the other seasons
Himself abide,

But during March and April
None stir abroad
Without a cordial interview
With God.


Scheme XAXX XXXA
Poetic Form
Metre 110100 0111 0101010 0101 1101010 1101 0101010 11
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 160
Words 29
Sentences 3
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 4
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 16
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 65
Words per stanza (avg) 14
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 10, 2023

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