Analysis of The Grass so little has to do
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
The Grass so little has to do –
A Sphere of simple Green –
With only Butterflies to brood
And Bees to entertain –
And stir all day to pretty Tunes
The Breezes fetch along –
And hold the Sunshine in its lap
And bow to everything –
And thread the Dews, all night, like Pearls –
And make itself so fine
A Duchess were too common
For such a noticing –
And even when it dies – to pass
In Odors so divine –
Like Lowly spices, lain to sleep –
Or Spikenards, perishing –
And then, in Sovereign Barns to dwell –
And dream the Days away,
The Grass so little has to do
I wish I were a Hay –
Scheme | Axxxxxxb xcxb xcxb xdAd |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 01110111 011101 1101011 01101 01111101 010101 0101011 01110 01011111 010111 0100110 110100 01011111 010101 11010111 11100 01010111 010101 01110111 111001 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 605 |
Words | 125 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 110 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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