Analysis of Make me a picture of the sun
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Make me a picture of the sun—
So I can hang it in my room—
And make believe I'm getting warm
When others call it "Day"!
Draw me a Robin—on a stem—
So I am hearing him, I'll dream,
And when the Orchards stop their tune—
Put my pretense—away—
Say if it's really—warm at noon—
Whether it's Buttercups—that "skim"—
Or Butterflies—that "bloom"?
Then—skip—the frost—upon the lea—
And skip the Russet—on the tree—
Let's play those—never come!
| Scheme | XAXB XXCB CXADDX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11010101 11111011 01011101 110111 11010101 11110111 01010111 110101 11110111 1011011 11011 11010101 01010101 111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 468 |
| Words | 78 |
| 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) | 108 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 28, 2023
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