Bài thơ ngắn sau đây của Emily Dickinson có hai khổ thơ, mỗi khổ bốn dòng.

I had no time to hate, because
The grave would hinder me,
And life was not so ample It
Could finish enmity.

Nor had I time to love; but since
Some industry must be,
The little toil of love, I thought,
Was large enough for me.[3]