Baffled for just a day or two
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Baffled for just a day or two—
Embarrassed—not afraid—
Encounter in my garden
An unexpected Maid.
She beckons, and the woods start—
She nods, and all begin—
Surely, such a country
I was never in!
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | XAXA XBXB |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 206 |
Words | 37 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
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