I know a place where summer strives

Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)



I know a place where summer strives
With such a practised frost,
She each year leads her daisies back,
Recording briefly, 'Lost.'

But when the south wind stirs the pools
And struggles in the lanes,
Her heart misgives her for her vow,
And she pours soft refrains

Into the lap of adamant,
And spices, and the dew,
That stiffens quietly to quartz
Upon her amber shoe.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 18, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XAXA XBXB XCXC
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 361
Words 69
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4

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