Over and over, like a Tune
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Over and over, like a Tune—
The Recollection plays—
Drums off the Phantom Battlements
Cornets of Paradise—
Snatches, from Baptized Generations—
Cadences too grand
But for the Justified Processions
At the Lord's Right hand.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XXXX ABAB |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 231 |
Words | 36 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
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