Analysis of The Fire That Filled My Heart of Old
James Thomson 1700 (Port Glasgow) – 1748 (London)
The fire that filled my heart of old
Gave luster while it burned;
Now only ashes gray and cold
Are in its silence urned.
Ah! better was the furious flame,
The splendor with the smart;
I never cared for the singer's fame
But, oh! for the singer's heart
Once more--
The burning fulgent heart!
No love, no hate, no hope, no fear,
No anguish and no mirth;
Thus life extends from year to year,
A flat of sullen dearth.
Ah! life's blood creepeth cold and tame,
Life's thought plays no new part;
I never cared for the singer's fame,
But, oh! for the singer's heart
Once more--
The bleeding passionate heart!
| Scheme | axaabcBCDc efefbcBCDc |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (35%) Tetractys (25%) |
| Metre | 010111111 110111 11010101 101101 110101001 010101 110110101 1110101 11 01011 11111111 110011 11011111 011101 1111101 111111 110110101 1110101 11 0101001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 608 |
| Words | 113 |
| Sentences | 9 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10, 10 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 229 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 56 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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