Lyric Poem · Nature
Trusty as the stars
Trusty as the stars
Who quit their shining working
Prompt as when I lit them
In Genesis' new house,
Durable as dawn
Whose antiquated blossom
Makes a world's suspense
Perish and rejoice.
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“Trusty as the stars” by Emily Dickinson — quilloak.com/poems/trusty-as-the-stars
Quick facts
- Poem
- Trusty as the stars
- Poet
- Emily Dickinson
- Length
- 8 lines
- Form
- Lyric Poem, Short Poems
- Themes
- Nature, Short
Craft notes
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- Shape
- 8 lines · one 8-line stanza
- 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
- Lines run 5-7 syllables (median 6), consistent with trimeter. 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
- PoetryDBTrusty as the stars 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 8ad2563af5da269b…
- Editorial handling
- Whitespace and stanza breaks normalized for web display; no material wording change recorded.
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