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To make One's Toilette—after Death

Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)

To make One's Toilette—after Death
Has made the Toilette cool
Of only Taste we cared to please
Is difficult, and still—

That's easier—than Braid the Hair—
And make the Bodice gay—
When eyes that fondled it are wrenched
By Decalogues—away—

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXXX XAXA
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 253
Words 42
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 4
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