Weather Or Not

Emily Dickinson used the word "weather" in just two poems -- "Myself can read the telegrams" and "Before you thought of spring."  However, she wrote about the weather a LOT in all of her other poems!  : )

Which type of weather did she mention most often?  Sunny days or rainy?  Snowy morns or clear?  

I looked into this so you don't have to, and the results are below.  However, before you scroll down, take a guess.  What type(s) of weather did Dickinson mention most often?

There are some types of weather which Dickinson never mentioned:  hail, tornado, and blizzard.   Also, even though she used the words rain, fog, and cloud, she never used rainy, foggy, or cloudy -- BUT -- she did use sun and sunny, fog and foggy, storm and stormy, and chill and chilly.

Here are the weather-related terms found in the poems of Emily Dickinson followed by the number of poems in which the terms appear:
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Sun:  165
Sunny:  4
Snow:  57
Snowy:  1
Rain:  11
Rainbow:  7
Fog:  6
Storm:  15
Stormy:  2
Thunder:  10
Lightning:  15
Hurricane:  3
Chill:  8
Chilly:  2
Cloud:  26
Sleet:  4
Wind:  80
Windy:  2

Dickinson also used the word "climate" in 2 poems and "clime" in 5 poems.

​For more statistics on word usage in Dickinson's poetry, click HERE. 

ALSO -- if/when you have a chance, please read this post, HERE:  I'm looking for 8 people on this earth.  I haven't found even one yet.