Of Being is a Bird
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Of Being is a Bird
The likest to the Down
An Easy Breeze do put afloat
The General Heavens—upon—
It soars—and shifts—and whirls—
And measures with the Clouds
In easy—even—dazzling pace—
No different the Birds—
Except a Wake of Music
Accompany their feet—
As did the Down emit a Tune—
For Ecstasy—of it
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 27, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 322 |
Words | 55 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
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