Analysis of The first Day's Night had come
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
The first Day's Night had come—
And grateful that a thing
So terrible—had been endured—
I told my Soul to sing—
She said her Strings were snapt—
Her Bow—to Atoms blown—
And so to mend her—gave me work
Until another Morn—
And then—a Day as huge
As Yesterdays in pairs,
Unrolled its horror in my face—
Until it blocked my eyes—
My Brain—begun to laugh—
I mumbled—like a fool—
And tho' 'tis Years ago—that Day—
My Brain keeps giggling—still.
And Something's odd—within—
That person that I was—
And this One—do not feel the same—
Could it be Madness—this?
Scheme | XABA BXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Etheree (35%) Tetractys (20%) Quatrain (20%) |
Metre | 011111 010101 11001101 111111 110101 011101 01110111 010101 010111 11001 1110011 011111 110111 110101 01110111 1111001 010101 110111 01111101 111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 590 |
Words | 100 |
Sentences | 3 |
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) | 84 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 17, 2023
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