Lyric Poem · Summer
Lain in Nature—so suffice us
Lain in Nature — so suffice us
The enchantless Pod
When we advertise existence
For the missing Seed —
Maddest Heart that God created
Cannot move a sod
Pasted by the simple summer
On the Longed for Dead
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“Lain in Nature—so suffice us” by Emily Dickinson — quilloak.com/poems/lain-in-nature-so-suffice-us
Quick facts
- Poem
- Lain in Nature—so suffice us
- Poet
- Emily Dickinson
- Length
- 8 lines
- Form
- Lyric Poem, Short Poems
- Themes
- Summer, Love, Death & Loss, Short
Craft notes
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- Shape
- 8 lines · 2 quatrains
- End rhyme
- No regular perfect end rhyme. The poem may still be using slant rhyme, assonance, or internal echo, which this check does not score.
- Line length
- Lines run 5-8 syllables (median 7). No single length dominates, which is normal once elision and contraction are in play.
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- Author record
- Emily Dickinson1830–1886
- Source record
- PoetryDBLain in Nature—so suffice us by emily-dickinson, PoetryDB transcription
- Display decision
- Full text · United States · reviewed 2026-07-18
- Publication record
- Not recorded in the imported source
- Text fingerprint
- SHA-256 6671514e1c8dd58c…
- Editorial handling
- Whitespace and stanza breaks normalized for web display; no material wording change recorded.
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