Lyric Poem · Nature
The fascinating chill that music leaves
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“The fascinating chill that music leaves” by Emily Dickinson — quilloak.com/poems/the-fascinating-chill-that-music-leaves
Quick facts
- Poem
- The fascinating chill that music leaves
- Poet
- Emily Dickinson
- Length
- 8 lines
- Form
- Lyric Poem, Short Poems
- Themes
- Nature, Short
Craft notes
How this poem works
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- Shape
- 8 lines · one 8-line stanza
- Line length
- Lines run 7-10 syllables (median 8), consistent with tetrameter. 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
- PoetryDBThe fascinating chill that music leaves 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 77f845cf39a41c73…
- Editorial handling
- Whitespace and stanza breaks normalized for web display; no material wording change recorded.
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