Analysis of The Gentian weaves her fringes
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
The Gentian weaves her fringes—
The Maple's loom is red—
My departing blossoms
Obviate parade.
A brief, but patient illness—
An hour to prepare,
And one below this morning
Is where the angels are—
It was a short procession,
The Bobolink was there—
An aged Bee addressed us—
And then we knelt in prayer—
We trust that she was willing—
We ask that we may be.
Summer—Sister—Seraph!
Let us go with thee!
In the name of the Bee—
And of the Butterfly—
And of the Breeze—Amen!
| Scheme | XXXX ABCXXBABCDXD DXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0101010 01111 101010 1001 0111010 110101 0101110 110101 1101010 0111 111011 011101 1111110 111111 10101 11111 001101 01010 010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 490 |
| Words | 88 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 12, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 19 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 121 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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