The House in the Heart (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Naomi Shihab Nye
- First Published: 1982
- Type of Work: Lyric
- Genres: Poetry, Lyric poetry
- Subjects: Storytelling, Depression, mental, Spiritualism, Loneliness, Life, philosophy of, Joy or sorrow, Human anatomy, Heart
The Poem
“The House in the Heart” is a free-verse poem with lines and stanzas of irregular length. The poem is written in the first person, with no particular distinction being made between the author and the one speaking; thus it takes on a confessional or private tone. The opening statement presents the problem of the poem—how to get through the day (and life) when one feels spiritually and emotionally empty. One does not know the specific occasion for this feeling of emptiness. It seems to exist almost like a form of weather, a depression that moves in like the “dark...
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