'Twould ease—a Butterfly

Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)



'Twould ease—a Butterfly—
Elate—a Bee—
Thou'rt neither—
Neither—thy capacity—

But, Blossom, were I,
I would rather be
Thy moment
Than a Bee's Eternity—

Content of fading
Is enough for me—
Fade I unto Divinity—

And Dying—Lifetime—
Ample as the Eye—
Her least attention raise on me—

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 26, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABXB ABXB XBB XAB
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 303
Words 48
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 3, 3

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