Oft, in the Stilly Night

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"Oft, in the Stilly Night" is a nostalgic 19th-century lyric poem by Thomas Moore reflecting on memory, loss, and the passage of time.

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instanceOf lyric poem
poem
associatedWith Romanticism NERFINISHED
author Thomas Moore NERFINISHED
authorNationality Irish
countryOfOrigin Ireland
createdBy Thomas Moore NERFINISHED
firstLine Oft, in the stilly night NERFINISHED
focusesOn the emotional impact of remembering the dead
the isolation of the aging speaker
form stanzaic lyric
genre lyric poetry
hasSpeaker first-person narrator
imagery night and stillness
shadows of departed friends
influencedBy Romantic-era interest in memory and emotion
language English
literaryDevice alliteration
metaphor
personification
repetition
literaryPeriod 19th century
meter iambic tetrameter
mood contemplative
wistful
narrativePerspective first person
numberOfStanzas 4
partOf Thomas Moore’s shorter lyrics
publicationCentury 19th century
refrain Ere slumber’s chain has bound me
Thus in the stilly night
rhymeScheme regular end rhyme
setting interior mental landscape of memory
nighttime
subjectMatter contrast between past happiness and present solitude
recollection of friends and joys departed
theme childhood reminiscence
loneliness
loss
memory
nostalgia
passage of time
tone melancholic
reflective
writer Thomas Moore NERFINISHED

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Thomas Moore notableWork Oft, in the Stilly Night