One Anguish—in a Crowd
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
One Anguish—in a Crowd—
A Minor thing—it sounds—
And yet, unto the single Doe
Attempted of the Hounds
'Tis Terror as consummate
As Legions of Alarm
Did leap, full flanked, upon the Host—
'Tis Units—make the Swarm—
A Small Leech—on the Vitals—
The sliver, in the Lung—
The Bung out—of an Artery—
Are scarce accounted—Harms—
Yet might—by relation
To that Repealless thing—
A Being—impotent to end—
When once it has begun—
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XAXA XXXX AXXX BXXB |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 450 |
Words | 73 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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