Lyric Poem · Peace
The Definition of Beauty is
The Definition of Beauty is
That Definition is none —
Of Heaven, easing Analysis,
Since Heaven and He are one.
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“The Definition of Beauty is” by Emily Dickinson — quilloak.com/poems/the-definition-of-beauty-is
Quick facts
- Poem
- The Definition of Beauty is
- Poet
- Emily Dickinson
- Length
- 4 lines
- Form
- Lyric Poem, Short Poems
- Themes
- Peace, Short
Craft notes
How this poem works
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- Shape
- 4 lines · one 4-line stanza
- End rhyme
- ABCB — ballad rhyme — only lines 2 and 4 chime.
- 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
- PoetryDBThe Definition of Beauty is 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 89b0da817bca1f70…
- Editorial handling
- Whitespace and stanza breaks normalized for web display; no material wording change recorded.
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