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It's easy to invent a Life

Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)

It's easy to invent a Life—
God does it—every Day—
Creation—but the Gambol
Of His Authority—

It's easy to efface it—
The thrifty Deity
Could scarce afford Eternity
To Spontaneity—

The Perished Patterns murmur—
But His Perturbless Plan
Proceed—inserting Here—a Sun—
There—leaving out a Man—

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 24, 2023

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Scheme XXXA XAAA XBXB
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 312
Words 47
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
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