Analysis of If the foolish, call them "flowers"
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
If the foolish, call them "flowers"—
Need the wiser, tell?
If the Savants "Classify" them
It is just as well!
Those who read the "Revelations"
Must not criticize
Those who read the same Edition—
With beclouded Eyes!
Could we stand with that Old "Moses"—
"Canaan" denied—
Scan like him, the stately landscape
On the other side—
Doubtless, we should deem superfluous
Many Sciences,
Not pursued by learned Angels
In scholastic skies!
Low amid that glad Belles lettres
Grant that we may stand,
Stars, amid profound Galaxies—
At that grand "Right hand"!
| Scheme | ABXB XCXC DEXE DXXC AFXF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (80%) Etheree (30%) Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 10101110 10101 1010101 11111 1110010 1110 11101010 111 11111110 1001 1110101 10101 1011110 10100 1011110 00101 1011111 11111 10101100 11111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 549 |
| Words | 93 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 86 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 17, 2023
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