Analysis of The Sun—just touched the Morning
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
The Sun—just touched the Morning—
The Morning—Happy thing—
Supposed that He had come to dwell—
And Life would all be Spring!
She felt herself supremer—
A Raised—Ethereal Thing!
Henceforth—for Her—What Holiday!
Meanwhile—Her wheeling King—
Trailed—slow—along the Orchards—
His haughty—spangled Hems—
Leaving a new necessity!
The want of Diadems!
The Morning—fluttered—staggered—
Felt feebly—for Her Crown—
Her unanointed forehead—
Henceforth—Her only One!
| Scheme | AAXA XAXABXXB XXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0111010 010101 01111111 011111 11011 0101001 1110110 10101 1101010 110101 10010100 0111 0101010 110101 0110 110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 493 |
| Words | 62 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 8, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 122 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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