They Shut Me Up in Prose

Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)



They shut me up in Prose --
As when a little Girl
They put me in the Closet --
Because they liked me "still" --

Still! Could themself have peeped --
And seen my Brain -- go round --
They might as wise have lodged a Bird
For Treason -- in the Pound --

Himself has but to will
And easy as a Star
Abolish his Captivity --
And laugh -- No more have I --

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on May 01, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXXA XBXB AXXX
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 346
Words 78
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4

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