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The Riot

Gamaliel Bradford 1863 (Boston, Massachusetts) – 1932

You may think my life is quiet.
I find it full of change,
An ever-varied diet,
As piquant as 'tis strange.

Wild thoughts are always flying,
Like sparks across my brain,
Now flashing out, now dying,
To kindle soon again.

Fine fancies set me thrilling,
And subtle monsters creep
Before my sight unwilling:
They even haunt my sleep.

One broad, perpetual riot
Enfolds me night and day.
You think my life is quiet?
You don't know what you say.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 12, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABAB CXCX CDCD AEAE
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 431
Words 81
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
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Gamaliel Bradford

Gamaliel Bradford was an American biographer, critic, poet, and dramatist. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, the sixth of seven men called Gamaliel Bradford in unbroken succession, of whom the first, Gamaliel Bradford, was a great-grandson of Governor William Bradford of the Plymouth Colony. His grandfather, Dr. Gamaliel Bradford of Boston, was a noted abolitionist. more…

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