There is a Languor of the Life
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
There is a Languor of the Life
More imminent than Pain—
'Tis Pain's Successor—When the Soul
Has suffered all it can—
A Drowsiness—diffuses—
A Dimness like a Fog
Envelops Consciousness—
As Mists—obliterate a Crag.
The Surgeon—does not blanch—at pain
His Habit—is severe—
But tell him that it ceased to feel—
The Creature lying there—
And he will tell you—skill is late—
A Mightier than He—
Has ministered before Him—
There's no Vitality.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 22, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XAXX XBXB AXXX XCXC |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 463 |
Words | 74 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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