I meant to find Her when I came
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
I meant to find Her when I came—
Death—had the same design—
But the Success—was His—it seems—
And the Surrender—Mine—
I meant to tell Her how I longed
For just this single time—
But Death had told Her so the first—
And she had past, with Him—
To wander—now—is my Repose—
To rest—To rest would be
A privilege of Hurricane
To Memory—and Me.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 27, 2023
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Scheme | XAXA XXXX XBXB |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 367 |
Words | 65 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
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