The Rose did caper on her cheek
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
The Rose did caper on her cheek—
Her Bodice rose and fell—
Her pretty speech—like drunken men—
Did stagger pitiful—
Her fingers fumbled at her work—
Her needle would not go—
What ailed so smart a little Maid—
It puzzled me to know—
Till opposite—I spied a cheek
That bore another Rose—
Just opposite—Another speech
That like the Drunkard goes—
A Vest that like her Bodice, danced—
To the immortal tune—
Till those two troubled—little Clocks
Ticked softly into one.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AXXX XBXB ACXC XXXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 489 |
Words | 82 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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