Lyric Poem · Love
Wild Nights — Wild Nights!
by Emily Dickinson · 1891
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Quick facts
- Poem
- Wild Nights — Wild Nights!
- Poet
- Emily Dickinson
- Published
- 1891
- Length
- 12 lines
- Form
- Lyric Poem, Short Poems
- Themes
- Love, Short
Craft notes
How this poem works
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- Shape
- 12 lines · 3 quatrains
- Line length
- Lines run 4-5 syllables (median 4), consistent with dimeter. 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
- WikisourceWild Nights — Wild Nights! by emily-dickinson, Wikisource transcription
- Display decision
- Full text · United States · reviewed 2026-07-18
- Publication record
- 1891
- Text fingerprint
- SHA-256 581b2fccaccf57ca…
- Editorial handling
- Whitespace and stanza breaks normalized for web display; no material wording change recorded.
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