My Secret by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The speaker confesses a lasting love conceived in a moment and kept hidden from the woman who inspired it. The speaker foresees a lonely life beside her, asking for nothing, and imagines her reading the verses without recognizing herself.
By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · Genre: Love Poetry, Sonnet, Lyric Poetry · 200 words
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By Felix Arvers
Genres
- Love Poetry — The speaker addresses a lasting, undisclosed love for a woman who remains unaware of it.
- Sonnet — Fourteen lines move from the speaker's concealed love and anticipated loneliness to the woman's imagined response to the verses.
- Lyric Poetry — A first-person speaker expresses private longing and anticipates receiving nothing from the beloved.
Tags
secret love · unrequited love · loneliness · sonnet
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Date: Date unknown
- Language: English
- Genres: Love Poetry, Sonnet, Lyric Poetry
- Length: 200 words
- Structure: 1 section, 2 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Fairly Difficult (10th-12th Grade)
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