Lyric Poem · Winter
There's a certain Slant of light
by Emily Dickinson · 1890
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Quick facts
- Poem
- There's a certain Slant of light
- Poet
- Emily Dickinson
- Published
- 1890
- Length
- 16 lines
- Form
- Lyric Poem
- Themes
- Winter, Sad, Nature
Craft notes
How this poem works
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- Shape
- 16 lines · 4 quatrains
- Line length
- Lines run 5-8 syllables (median 6), consistent with trimeter. No single length dominates, which is normal once elision and contraction are in play.
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Text, source & rights
A traceable edition
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- Author record
- Emily Dickinson1830–1886
- Source record
- WikisourceThere's a certain Slant of light by emily-dickinson, Wikisource transcription
- Display decision
- Full text · United States · reviewed 2026-07-18
- Publication record
- 1890
- Text fingerprint
- SHA-256 cce38651f09a49ee…
- Editorial handling
- Whitespace and stanza breaks normalized for web display; no material wording change recorded.