I live with Him—I see His face

Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)



I live with Him—I see His face—
I go no more away
For Visitor—or Sundown—
Death's single privacy

The Only One—forestalling Mine—
And that—by Right that He
Presents a Claim invisible—
No wedlock—granted Me—

I live with Him—I hear His Voice—
I stand alive—Today—
To witness to the Certainty
Of Immortality—

Taught Me—by Time—the lower Way—
Conviction—Every day—
That Life like This—is stopless—
Be Judgment—what it may—

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABXC XCXC XBCC BBAB
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 458
Words 69
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4

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