Who occupies this House?
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Who occupies this House?
A Stranger I must judge
Since No one know His Circumstance—
'Tis well the name and age
Are writ upon the Door
Or I should fear to pause
Where not so much as Honest Dog
Approach encourages.
It seems a curious Town—
Some Houses very old,
Some—newly raised this Afternoon,
Were I compelled to build
It should not be among
Inhabitants so still
But where the Birds assemble
And Boys were possible.
Before Myself was born
'Twas settled, so they say,
A Territory for the Ghosts—
And Squirrels, formerly.
Until a Pioneer, as
Settlers often do
Liking the quiet of the Place
Attracted more unto—
And from a Settlement
A Capital has grown
Distinguished for the gravity
Of every Citizen.
The Owner of this House
A Stranger He must be—
Eternity's Acquaintances
Are mostly so—to me.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 07, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AXXX XXXB XXXX XXCC XXXD XEXE XXDX ADBD |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 784 |
Words | 142 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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