You constituted Time
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
You constituted Time—
I deemed Eternity
A Revelation of Yourself—
'Twas therefore Deity
The Absolute—removed
The Relative away—
That I unto Himself adjust
My slow idolatry—
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XAXA XXXA |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 183 |
Words | 28 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
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