On such a night, or such a night

Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)



On such a night, or such a night,
Would anybody care
If such a little figure
Slipped quiet from its chair—

So quiet—Oh how quiet,
That nobody might know
But that the little figure
Rocked softer—to and fro—

On such a dawn, or such a dawn—
Would anybody sigh
That such a little figure
Too sound asleep did lie

For Chanticleer to wake it—
Or stirring house below—
Or giddy bird in orchard—
Or early task to do?

There was a little figure plump
For every little knoll—
Busy needles, and spools of thread—
And trudging feet from school—

Playmates, and holidays, and nuts—
And visions vast and small—
Strange that the feet so precious charged
Should reach so small a goal!

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 11, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XABA XCBC XDBD XCXX XEXX XXXE
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 676
Words 124
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4

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