Emily D. and Poetry
Miss Emily wrote carefully
Her poems in the night.
And many were conceived by her
In rooms without much light.
When poems said words in her head,
She sometimes would then choose
Such words like I and me and my;
Not trying to confuse.
Some readers say she wrote that way
To talk about herself,
But she said no. It isn't so.
It's not about myself.
About this poem
Emily Dickinson Letter 268 Fragment / July 1862
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Written on September 30, 2023
Submitted by stevec.24118 on September 30, 2023
Modified by stevec.24118 on September 30, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XAXA XBXB XCXC |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 348 |
Words | 75 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
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