This is an analysis of I Tend My Flowers For Thee by Emily Dickinson.

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X XaXX XXXX XXXXXXX XXXXX XXXXXXa
  • Stanza lengths: 1,4,4,7,5,7,
  • Metre: 1 11110110 1101 110101 100010000 100010010 110000 1100001 01010 100001100 110010 0100010 1101010 1101 010010 1101110 11000110100 0111010 10000100 111111 1100000 110010 01000 0110010 11010000 11000000 1100 111
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 28