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There is a word

Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)

There is a word
Which bears a sword
Can pierce an armed man—
It hurls its barbed syllables
And is mute again—
But where it fell
The saved will tell
On patriotic day,
Some epauletted Brother
Gave his breath away.

Wherever runs the breathless sun—
Wherever roams the day—
There is its noiseless onset—
There is its victory!
Behold the keenest marksman!
The most accomplished shot!
Time's sublimest target
Is a soul "forgot!"

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on May 03, 2023

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Scheme XXXXXAABXB CBXXCDXD
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 423
Words 76
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 10, 8
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