This is an analysis of They Dropped Like Flakes by Emily Dickinson.

They dropped like flakes, they dropped like stars,
Like petals from a rose,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaXa bbXb
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,
  • Metre: 11111111 110001 11000101 010101 11000101 111101 11101001 1101001
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 8

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