Analysis of There are two Ripenings—one—of sight

Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)



There are two Ripenings—one—of sight—
Whose forces Spheric wind
Until the Velvet product
Drop spicy to the ground—
A homelier maturing—
A process in the Bur—
That teeth of Frosts alone disclose
In far October Air.


Scheme ABCDEFGH
Poetic Form
Metre 1111111 11011 0101010 110101 01010 01001 11110101 010101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 226
Words 38
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 171
Words per stanza (avg) 36
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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