Analysis of I Am Shut Out Of Mine Own Heart
Christopher John Brennan 1870 (Haymarket, New South Wales) – 1932 (Lewisham, New South Wales)
I am shut out of mine own heart
because my love is far from me,
nor in the wonders have I part
that fill its hidden empery:
the wildwood of adventurous thought
and lands of dawn my dream had won,
the riches out of Faery brought
are buried with our bridal sun.
And I am in a narrow place,
and all its little streets are cold,
because the absence of her face
has robb'd the sullen air of gold.
My home is in a broader day:
at times I catch it glistening
thro' the dull gate, a flower'd play
and odour of undying spring:
the long days that I lived alone,
sweet madness of the springs I miss'd,
are shed beyond, and thro' them blown
clear laughter, and my lips are kiss'd:
- and here, from mine own joy apart,
I wait the turning of the key: -
I am shut out of mine own heart
because my love is far from me
Scheme | ABax cdcd efef ghgh ijij abAB |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (83%) |
Metre | 11111111 01111111 10010111 111101 01101001 01111111 0101111 110110101 01100101 01110111 01010101 11010111 11100101 11111100 10110101 0110101 01111101 11010111 11010111 11001111 01111101 11010101 11111111 01111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 786 |
Words | 165 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 102 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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