Analysis of Put up my lute!
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Put up my lute!
What of—my Music!
Since the sole ear I cared to charm—
Passive—as Granite—laps My Music—
Sobbing—will suit—as well as psalm!
Would but the "Memnon" of the Desert—
Teach me the strain
That vanquished Him—
When He—surrendered to the Sunrise—
Maybe—that—would awaken—them!
| Scheme | XAXAX XXXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (40%) Etheree (30%) |
| Metre | 1111 11110 10111111 101101110 10111111 11011010 1101 1101 11010101 10110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 312 |
| Words | 47 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 111 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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