I've none to tell me to but Thee

Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)



I've none to tell me to but Thee
So when Thou failest, nobody.
It was a little tie—
It just held Two, nor those it held
Since Somewhere thy sweet Face has spilled
Beyond my Boundary—

If things were opposite—and Me
And Me it were—that ebbed from Thee
On some unanswering Shore—
Would'st Thou seek so—just say
That I the Answer may pursue
Unto the lips it eddied through—
So—overtaking Thee—

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AAXXXA AAXXBBA
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 403
Words 73
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 6, 7

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