Analysis of Wild Nights—Wild Nights!
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Wild Nights—Wild Nights!
Were I with thee
Wild Nights should be
Our luxury!
Futile—the Winds—
To a Heart in port—
Done with the Compass—
Done with the Chart!
Rowing in Eden—
Ah, the Sea!
Might I but moor—Tonight—
In Thee!
| Scheme | XAAA XXXX XAXA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (33%) |
| Metre | 1111 0111 1111 10100 1001 10101 11010 1101 10010 101 111101 01 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 234 |
| Words | 42 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 56 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 18, 2023
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