The Months have ends—the Years—a knot
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
The Months have ends—the Years—a knot—
No Power can untie
To stretch a little further
A Skein of Misery—
The Earth lays back these tired lives
In her mysterious Drawers—
Too tenderly, that any doubt
An ultimate Repose—
The manner of the Children—
Who weary of the Day—
Themself—the noisy Plaything
They cannot put away—
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XXXX XXXX XAXA |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 336 |
Words | 57 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
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