The Shadow
John Boyle O'Reilly 1844 (Dowth) – 1890 (Boston)
THERE is a shadow on the sunny wall,
Dark and forbidding, like a bode of ill;
Go, drive it thence. Alas, such shadows fall
From real things, nor may be moved at will.
There is a shadow on my heart to-day,
A cloudy grief condensing to a tear:
Alas, I cannot drive its gloom away—
Some sin or sorrow casts the shapeless fear.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABAB CXCX |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 333 |
Words | 65 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
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