This is an analysis of The Duties Of The Wind Are Few by Emily Dickinson.

The duties of the Wind are few,
To cast the ships, at Sea,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXX bXXX ccbc baXa
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 01000111 010111 01010101 110100 01000111 010101 01110 101110101 01000111 100101 10011101 010101 01010001 110111 111111000 110111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16