This is an analysis of The Sun Kept Stooping—stooping by Emily Dickinson.

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The Sun kept stooping—stooping—low!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X Xaba bbXX acac Xc
  • Stanza lengths: 1,4,4,4,2,
  • Metre: 1 01110101 010111 1011010 111101 10110101 010101 10110101 01010 1101010 111101 1111010 110101 1011010 111111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 15

Anaphora

the, on