Lyric Poem · Love
Whatever it is—she has tried it
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“Whatever it is—she has tried it” by Emily Dickinson — quilloak.com/poems/whatever-it-is-she-has-tried-it
Quick facts
- Poem
- Whatever it is—she has tried it
- Poet
- Emily Dickinson
- Length
- 12 lines
- Form
- Lyric Poem
- Themes
- Love, Peace
Craft notes
How this poem works
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- Shape
- 12 lines · 3 quatrains
- Line length
- Lines run 6-8 syllables (median 7). No single length dominates, which is normal once elision and contraction are in play.
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Text, source & rights
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- Author record
- Emily Dickinson1830–1886
- Source record
- PoetryDBWhatever it is—she has tried it 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 bb2932283f693fc7…
- Editorial handling
- Whitespace and stanza breaks normalized for web display; no material wording change recorded.