Love—is that Later Thing than Death
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Love—is that later Thing than Death—
More previous—than Life—
Confirms it at its entrance—And
Usurps it—of itself—
Tastes Death—the first—to hand the sting
The Second—to its friend—
Disarms the little interval—
Deposits Him with God—
Then hovers—an inferior Guard—
Lest this Beloved Charge
Need—once in an Eternity—
A smaller than the Large—
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XXXX XXXX XAXA |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 374 |
Words | 54 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
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