Analysis of They Know Not My Heart

Thomas Moore 1779 (Dublin) – 1852 (Bromham)



They know not my heart, who believe there can be
One stain of this earth in its feelings for thee;
Who think, while I see thee in beauty's young hour,
As pure as the morning's first dew on the flower,
I could harm what I love, -- as the sun's wanton ray
But smiles on the dew-drop to waste it away.

No -- beaming with light as those young features are,
There's a light round thy heart which is lovelier far:
It is not that cheek -- 'tis the soul dawning clear
Through its innocent blush makes thy beauty so dear:
As the sky we look up to, though glorious and fair,
Is look'd up to the more, because Heaven lies there!


Scheme AABBCC DDEEFF
Poetic Form
Metre 11111101111 11111011011 11111101110 111010111010 111111101101 11101111101 11011111101 1011111111 11111101101 111001111011 1011111110001 111101011011
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 625
Words 124
Sentences 3
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 6, 6
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 39
Words per line (avg) 10
Letters per stanza (avg) 235
Words per stanza (avg) 61
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Thomas Moore

Thomas Moore was an Irish poet singer songwriter and entertainer now best remembered for the lyrics of The Minstrel Boy and the The Last Rose of Summer more…

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