Neglected Record of a Mind Neglected
A speaker addresses a neglected record of the mind, lamenting the obstacles to recording daily toil, nighttime reflections, memories, feelings, and hopes, which appear there only as a dusty reflection.
By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · Genre: Lyric Poetry, Reflective Poetry · 114 words
First lines
October 22, 1838.
Neglected record of a mind neglected, / Unto what "lets and stops" art thou subjected! / The day with all its toils and occupations, / The night with its reflections and sensations, / The future, and the present, and the past, -- / All I remember, feel, and hope at last, / All shapes of joy and sorrow, as they pass, -- / Find but a dusty image in this glass.
Genres
- Lyric Poetry — Eight rhyming lines express a speaker’s frustration with the neglected record of personal thoughts and feelings.
- Reflective Poetry — The speaker considers how daily occupations, nighttime reflections, and experiences of joy and sorrow enter the record.
Tags
introspection · record keeping · memory · daily toil · joy and sorrow
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Date: Date unknown
- Language: English
- Genres: Lyric Poetry, Reflective Poetry
- Length: 114 words
- Structure: 1 section, 2 paragraphs
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