Analysis of All overgrown by cunning moss
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
All overgrown by cunning moss,
All interspersed with weed,
The little cage of "Currer Bell"
In quiet "Haworth" laid.
Gathered from many wanderings—
Gethsemane can tell
Thro' what transporting anguish
She reached the Asphodel!
Soft falls the sounds of Eden
Upon her puzzled ear—
Oh what an afternoon for Heaven,
When "Bronte" entered there!
| Scheme | XXAX XAXA BXBX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (33%) |
| Metre | 1011101 10111 0101111 010101 10110100 111 1101010 1101 1101110 010101 11101110 110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 340 |
| Words | 56 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 90 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 18, 2023
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