Bereaved of all, I went abroad
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Bereaved of all, I went abroad—
No less bereaved was I
Upon a New Peninsula—
The Grave preceded me—
Obtained my Lodgings, ere myself—
And when I sought my Bed—
The Grave it was reposed upon
The Pillow for my Head—
I waked to find it first awake—
I rose—It followed me—
I tried to drop it in the Crowd—
To lose it in the Sea—
In Cups of artificial Drowse
To steep its shape away—
The Grave—was finished—but the Spade
Remained in Memory—
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XXXA XBXB XAXA XXXA |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 458 |
Words | 86 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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