My period had come for Prayer
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
My period had come for Prayer—
No other Art—would do—
My Tactics missed a rudiment—
Creator—Was it you?
God grows above—so those who pray
Horizons—must ascend—
And so I stepped upon the North
To see this Curious Friend—
His House was not—no sign had He—
By Chimney—nor by Door
Could I infer his Residence—
Vast Prairies of Air
Unbroken by a Settler—
Were all that I could see—
Infinitude—Had'st Thou no Face
That I might look on Thee?
The Silence condescended—
Creation stopped—for Me—
But awed beyond my errand—
I worshipped—did not "pray"—
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
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Scheme | ABXB CDXD EXXA XEXE BEXC |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 574 |
Words | 95 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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