A Mien to move a Queen
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
A Mien to move a Queen—
Half Child—Half Heroine—
An Orleans in the Eye
That puts its manner by
For humbler Company
When none are near
Even a Tear—
Its frequent Visitor—
A Bonnet like a Duke—
And yet a Wren's Peruke
Were not so shy
Of Goer by—
And Hands—so slight—
They would elate a Sprite
With Merriment—
A Voice that Alters—Low
And on the Ear can go
Like Let of Snow—
Or shift supreme—
As tone of Realm
On Subjects Diadem—
Too small—to fear—
Too distant—to endear—
And so Men Compromise
And just—revere—
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XXAAXBXX CCAADDD EEEXXX BXXB |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 529 |
Words | 97 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 7, 6, 4 |
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