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 |
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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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