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
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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