Analysis of She hideth Her the last
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
She hideth Her the last—
And is the first, to rise—
Her Night doth hardly recompense
The Closing of Her eyes—
She doth Her Purple Work—
And putteth Her away
In low Apartments in the Sod -
As worthily as We.
To imitate her life
As impotent would be
As make of Our imperfect Mints,
The Julep—of the Bee—
| Scheme | XAXA XXXB XBXB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
| Metre | 11001 010111 0111010 010101 110101 01001 01010001 1111 11001 110011 111100101 010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 310 |
| Words | 61 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 78 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 11, 2023
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