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Lyric Poem · Hope

And this of all my Hopes

by Emily Dickinson

1And this of all my Hopes

2This, is the silent end

3Bountiful colored, my Morning rose

4Early and sere, its end

5Never Bud from a Stem

6Stepped with so gay a Foot

7Never a Worm so confident

8Bored at so brave a Root

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Poem
And this of all my Hopes
Poet
Emily Dickinson
Length
8 lines
Form
Lyric Poem, Short Poems
Themes
Hope, Nature, Short

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Shape
8 lines · 2 quatrains
Line length
Consistent with short metre. Two short lines, one longer, one short (6.6.8.6) — the short hymn stanza.
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Author record
Emily Dickinson1830–1886
Source record
PoetryDBAnd this of all my Hopes by emily-dickinson, PoetryDB transcription
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Full text · United States · reviewed 2026-07-18
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