Analysis of It will be Summer—eventually
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
It will be Summer—eventually.
Ladies—with parasols—
Sauntering Gentlemen—with Canes—
And little Girls—with Dolls—
Will tint the pallid landscape—
As 'twere a bright Bouquet—
Thro' drifted deep, in Parian—
The Village lies—today—
The Lilacs—bending many a year—
Will sway with purple load—
The Bees—will not despise the tune—
Their Forefathers—have hummed—
The Wild Rose—redden in the Bog—
The Aster—on the Hill
Her everlasting fashion—set—
And Covenant Gentians—frill—
Till Summer folds her miracle—
As Women—do—their Gown—
Of Priests—adjust the Symbols—
When Sacrament—is done—
Scheme | XAAA XBCB XXCB XDXD XCAC |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (60%) Etheree (25%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 1111001000 1011 110011 010111 110101 110101 110101 010101 01101001 111101 01110101 11011 01110001 010101 0010101 010011 11010100 110111 1101010 110011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 635 |
Words | 83 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 92 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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