The Poet's Lot
Letitia Elizabeth Landon 1802 (Chelsea) – 1838 (Cape Coast)
The poet's lovely faith creates
The beauty he believes ;
The light which on his footsteps waits,
He from himself receives.
His lot may be a weary lot ;
His thrall a heavy thrall ;
And cares and griefs the crowd know not,
His heart may know them all :
But still he hath a mighty dower,
The loveliness that throws
Over the common thought and hour
The beauty of the rose.
Font size:
Submitted by Madeleine Quinn on June 23, 2016
Modified on May 01, 2023
- 20 sec read
- 505 Views
Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABAB CDCD XEXE |
---|---|
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 368 |
Words | 68 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Translation
Find a translation for this poem in other languages:
Select another language:
- - Select -
- 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
- 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
- Español (Spanish)
- Esperanto (Esperanto)
- 日本語 (Japanese)
- Português (Portuguese)
- Deutsch (German)
- العربية (Arabic)
- Français (French)
- Русский (Russian)
- ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
- 한국어 (Korean)
- עברית (Hebrew)
- Gaeilge (Irish)
- Українська (Ukrainian)
- اردو (Urdu)
- Magyar (Hungarian)
- मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
- Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Italiano (Italian)
- தமிழ் (Tamil)
- Türkçe (Turkish)
- తెలుగు (Telugu)
- ภาษาไทย (Thai)
- Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
- Čeština (Czech)
- Polski (Polish)
- Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Românește (Romanian)
- Nederlands (Dutch)
- Ελληνικά (Greek)
- Latinum (Latin)
- Svenska (Swedish)
- Dansk (Danish)
- Suomi (Finnish)
- فارسی (Persian)
- ייִדיש (Yiddish)
- հայերեն (Armenian)
- Norsk (Norwegian)
- English (English)
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"The Poet's Lot" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 26 May 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem/44900/the-poet's-lot>.
Discuss the poem The Poet's Lot 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