Time feels so vast that were it not

Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)



Time feels so vast that were it not
For an Eternity—
I fear me this Circumference
Engross my Finity—

To His exclusion, who prepare
By Processes of Size
For the Stupendous Vision
Of his diameters—

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 25, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AXBA XXXB
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 202
Words 37
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 4

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