Fairer through Fading—as the Day
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Fairer through Fading—as the Day
Into the Darkness dips away—
Half Her Complexion of the Sun—
Hindering—Haunting—Perishing—
Rall ies Her Glow, like a dying Friend—
Teasing with glittering Amend—
Only to aggravate the Dark
Through an expiring—perfect—look—
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | AAXX BBXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 279 |
Words | 39 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
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