Analysis of I know a place where summer strives
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
I know a place where summer strives
With such a practised frost,
She each year leads her daisies back,
Recording briefly, 'Lost.'
But when the south wind stirs the pools
And struggles in the lanes,
Her heart misgives her for her vow,
And she pours soft refrains
Into the lap of adamant,
And spices, and the dew,
That stiffens quietly to quartz
Upon her amber shoe.
| Scheme | XAXA XBXB XCXC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 11011101 11011 11110101 010101 11011101 010001 0110101 011101 01011100 010001 11010011 010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 361 |
| Words | 69 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 96 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 18, 2023
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