Lyric Poem · Peace
So much of Heaven has gone from Earth
So much of Heaven has gone from Earth
That there must be a Heaven
If only to enclose the Saints
To Affidavit given.
The Missionary to the Mole
Must prove there is a Sky
Location doubtless he would plead
But what excuse have I?
Too much of Proof affronts Belief
The Turtle will not try
Unless you leave him — then return
And he has hauled away.
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“So much of Heaven has gone from Earth” by Emily Dickinson — quilloak.com/poems/so-much-of-heaven-has-gone-from-earth
Quick facts
- Poem
- So much of Heaven has gone from Earth
- Poet
- Emily Dickinson
- Length
- 12 lines
- Form
- Lyric Poem
- Themes
- Peace, Nature
Craft notes
How this poem works
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- Shape
- 12 lines · 3 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
- Consistent with common metre. Alternating eight- and six-syllable lines — the hymn stanza (8.6.8.6), the most-used quatrain in English verse.
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- Author record
- Emily Dickinson1830–1886
- Source record
- PoetryDBSo much of Heaven has gone from Earth 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 81b68e7504411084…
- Editorial handling
- Whitespace and stanza breaks normalized for web display; no material wording change recorded.
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