Analysis of 'Tis Sunrise—Little Maid—Hast Thou

Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)



'Tis Sunrise—Little Maid—Hast Thou
No Station in the Day?
'Twas not thy wont, to hinder so—
Retrieve thine industry—

'Tis Noon—My little Maid—
Alas—and art thou sleeping yet?
The Lily—waiting to be Wed—
The Bee—Hast thou forgot?

My little Maid—'Tis Night—Alas
That Night should be to thee
Instead of Morning—Had'st thou broached
Thy little Plan to Die—
Dissuade thee, if I could not, Sweet,
I might have aided—thee—


Scheme XXXA XXXX XAXXXA
Poetic Form
Metre 1110111 110001 11111101 011100 111101 01011101 01010111 011101 11011101 111111 011101111 110111 01111111 111101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 442
Words 70
Sentences 4
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 6
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 107
Words per stanza (avg) 23
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 21, 2023

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