Original poem reprinted online here: "I Speak Not" by George Byron Originally read: July 12, 2013 More information about the Poet: George Byron So this is more of the typical Romantic love poem here. I don't know why I chose it then if it's typical. Reading this poem again nothing really stands out for me as stemming away from the typical love poem style of: yearn, bargain, win. But the poem is interesting none the less. Written in rhymed couplets, the speaker goes through some hyperbolic thoughts, "I speak not, I trace not, I breathe not thy name. / There is grief in the sound, there is guilt in the fame." The mention of the name triggers this sense of grief. "But the tear that now burns on my cheek may impart / The deep thoughts that dwell in that silence of heart." Deep thoughts? Well sequestered not philosophical turmoil. But at this point the speaker is searching for something within the "silence of the heart" -- sometimes sa...
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