Each life converges to some centre
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Each life converges to some centre
Expressed or still;
Exists in every human nature
A goal,
Admitted scarcely to itself, it may be,
Too fair
For credibility's temerity
To dare.
Adored with caution, as a brittle heaven,
To reach
Were hopeless as the rainbow's raiment
To touch,
Yet persevered toward, surer for the distance;
How high
Unto the saints' slow diligence
The sky!
Ungained, it may be, by a life's low venture,
But then,
Eternity enables the endeavoring
Again.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 30, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AXAX BCBC XXXX DEDE AFXF |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 458 |
Words | 81 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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