Analysis of There came a Day at Summer's full
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
There came a Day at Summer's full,
Entirely for me—
I thought that such were for the Saints,
Where Resurrections—be—
The Sun, as common, went abroad,
The flowers, accustomed, blew,
As if no soul the solstice passed
That maketh all things new—
The time was scarce profaned, by speech—
The symbol of a word
Was needless, as at Sacrament,
The Wardrobe—of our Lord—
Each was to each The Sealed Church,
Permitted to commune this—time—
Lest we too awkward show
At Supper of the Lamb.
The Hours slid fast—as Hours will,
Clutched tight, by greedy hands—
So faces on two Decks, look back,
Bound to opposing lands—
And so when all the time had leaked,
Without external sound
Each bound the Other's Crucifix—
We gave no other Bond—
Sufficient troth, that we shall rise—
Deposed—at length, the Grave—
To that new Marriage,
Justified—through Calvaries of Love—
Scheme | XAXA XBXB XXXX XXXX XCXC XXXX XXXX |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (43%) |
Metre | 11011101 010011 11110101 111 01110101 0100101 11110101 11111 0111111 010101 11011100 011101 1111011 01011011 111101 110101 010111101 111101 11011111 110101 01110111 010101 1101010 111101 01011111 011101 11110 10110011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 866 |
Words | 147 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 94 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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