Analysis of I Am the Only Being Whose Doom
Emily Jane Brontë 1818 (Thornton) – 1848 (Haworth)
I am the only being whose doom
No tongue would ask no eye would mourn
I never caused a thought of gloom
A smile of joy since I was born
In secret pleasure - secret tears
This changeful life has slipped away
As friendless after eighteen years
As lone as on my natal day
There have been times I cannot hide
There have been times when this was drear
When my sad soul forgot its pride
And longed for one to love me here
But those were in the early glow
Of feelings since subdued by care
And they have died so long ago
I hardly now believe they were
First melted off the hope of youth
Then Fancy's rainbow fast withdrew
And then experience told me truth
In mortal bosoms never grew
'Twas grief enough to think mankind
All hollow servile insincere -
But worse to trust to my own mind
And find the same corruption there
Scheme | ABAB XCXC DEDE FEFE GEGE HEHE |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
Metre | 110101011 11111111 11010111 01111111 01010101 1111101 1110011 11111101 11111101 11111111 11110111 01111111 11000101 11010111 01111101 11010110 11010111 111101 010100111 0101101 11011111 1101001 11111111 01010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 802 |
Words | 160 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 109 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
Font size:
Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 04, 2023
- 48 sec read
- 134 Views
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem analysis to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"I Am the Only Being Whose Doom" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 9 May 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem-analysis/12506/i-am-the-only-being-whose-doom>.
Discuss this Emily Jane Brontë poem analysis with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In