Analysis of The name—of it—is "Autumn"

Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)



The name—of it—is "Autumn"—
The hue—of it—is Blood—
An Artery—upon the Hill—
A Vein—along the Road—

Great Globules—in the Alleys—
And Oh, the Shower of Stain—
When Winds—upset the Basin—
And spill the Scarlet Rain—

It sprinkles Bonnets—far below—
It gathers ruddy Pools—
Then—eddies like a Rose—away—
Upon Vermilion Wheels—


Scheme XXXX XAXA XXXX
Poetic Form Quatrain  (33%)
Metre 0111110 011111 11000101 010101 110010 0101011 1101010 010101 1101101 110101 11010101 010101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 366
Words 52
Sentences 1
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 83
Words per stanza (avg) 17
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 27, 2023

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