Analysis of While Asters—
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
While Asters—
On the Hill—
Their Everlasting fashions—set—
And Covenant Gentians—Frill!
| Scheme | ABCB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain Simple 4-line |
| Metre | 110 101 1010101 010011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 102 |
| Words | 13 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 71 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 11 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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