Lyric Poem · Sad

She's happy, with a new Content

by Emily Dickinson

She's happy, with a new Content —

That feels to her — like Sacrament —

She's busy — with an altered Care —

As just apprenticed to the Air —

She's tearful — if she weep at all —

For blissful Causes — Most of all

That Heaven permit so meek as her —

To such a Fate — to Minister.

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Poem: She's happy, with a new Content
Poet: Emily Dickinson
Length: 8 lines
Form: Lyric Poem, Short Poems
Themes: Sad, Peace, Short

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Shape: 8 lines · 2 quatrains
Line length: Consistent with long metre. Four eight-syllable lines (8.8.8.8), the hymn stanza's longer cousin.

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Author record: Emily Dickinson1830–1886
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