The Heart has narrow Banks
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
The Heart has narrow Banks
It measures like the Sea
In mighty—unremitting Bass
And Blue Monotony
Till Hurricane bisect
And as itself discerns
Its sufficient Area
The Heart convulsive learns
That Calm is but a Wall
Of unattempted Gauze
An instant's Push demolishes
A Questioning—dissolves.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 12, 2023
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| Scheme | XAXA XBXB XXXX |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 289 |
| Words | 47 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
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