Emily Bronte's poem "I Am the Only Being Whose Doom" expresses themes of loneliness, unhappiness, and disillusionment with humanity. Through metaphorical language and personification, the speaker conveys feeling isolated and coming to realize that even within themselves they find the same flaws as in others. The poem has an ABAB rhyme scheme and uses literary devices like paradox, metaphor, and personification to develop these somber themes.

1. I AM THE ONLY BEING
WHOSE DOOM
Poem by Emily Bronte

2. EMILY BRONTË
 Emily Brontë was born in Thornton in
Yorkshire, England, on August 20, 1818.
 Emily's education was provided at home
by her father, who let his children read
freely and treated them as Equal
thoughts.

3. EMILY BRONTË
 The death of their mother and two older
sisters drew the remaining children close
together.
 At the age of seventeen, Emily
attempted formal schooling for the
second time.

4. EMILY BRONTË
 She suffered a breakdown after three
months.
 In 1846, Emily Brontë and her sisters
discovered that they had all been writing
poetry

5. EMILY BRONTË
 The three sisters put together a
collection of poems written under (fake
names) , It did not attract any attention.
 In 1847 Emily's published Wuthering
Heights , it is a story of love and revenge.

6. EMILY BRONTË
 Later Wuthering Heights came to be
considered one of the great novels of
all time.
 Emily Brontë died in 1848.

7. I AM THE ONLY BEING
WHOSE DOOM
Poem by Emily Bronte

8. I AM THE ONLY BEING WHOSE DOOM
NO TONGUE WOULD ASK, NO EYE WOULD
MOURN;
I NEVER CAUSED A THOUGHT OF GLOOM,
A SMILE OF JOY, SINCE I WAS BORN.

9. IN SECRET PLEASURE, SECRET TEARS,
THIS CHANGEFUL LIFE HAS SLIPPED
AWAY,
AS FRIENDLESS AFTER EIGHTEEN
YEARS,
AS LONE AS ON MY NATAL DAY.

10. THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES I CANNOT HIDE,
THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHEN THIS WAS
DREAR,
WHEN MY SAD SOUL FORGOT ITS PRIDE
AND LONGED FOR ONE TO LOVE ME HERE.

11. BUT THOSE WERE IN THE EARLY GLOW
OF FEELINGS SINCE SUBDUED BY
CARE;
AND THEY HAVE DIED SO LONG AGO,
I HARDLY NOW BELIEVE THEY WERE.

12. FIRST MELTED OFF THE HOPE OF YOUTH,
THEN FANCY’S RAINBOW FAST WITHDREW;
AND THEN EXPERIENCE TOLD ME TRUTH
IN MORTAL BOSOMS NEVER GREW.

13. ’TWAS GRIEF ENOUGH TO THINK MANKIND
ALL HOLLOW, SERVILE, INSINCERE;
BUT WORSE TO TRUST TO MY OWN MIND
AND FIND THE SAME CORRUPTION THERE

14. UNHAPPINESS , LONELINESS ,
FRIENDLESS, PRIDE
EMILY BRONTE IS A GOOD
EXAMPLE OF A POET WHO TREAT
THE THEME OF HUMAN
IMPERFECTION IN HER POEMS.

15. UNHAPPINESS , LONELINESS ,
FRIENDLESS, PRIDE
IN BRONTE’S POEM “I AM THE
ONLY BEING WHOSE DOOM” SHE
USES MANY DIFFERENT
FEATURES TO BRING OUT THE
THEME.

16. UNHAPPINESS , LONELINESS ,
FRIENDLESS, PRIDE
“AND THEN EXPERIENCE TOLD
ME TRUTH / IN MORTAL
BOSOMS NEVER GREW.”

17. UNHAPPINESS , LONELINESS ,
FRIENDLESS, PRIDE
 “ BUT WORSE TO TRUST TO MY
OWN MIND / AND FIND THE
SAME CORRUPTION THERE.”

18. THE FORM
The title of the poem is directly taken from the first line ,
“I am the only being whose doom”, The
speaker uses (I) to create an effect of realism.

19. THE FORM
Figures of speech:
 Paradox : in(joy- mourn) to emphasize the speaker
feeling of depression.

20. THE FORM
Figures of speech:
 Metaphor :
-( times I cannot hide),a metaphor compares times with a
material object the speaker cant hide.
-( melted off the hope of youth ) a metaphor compares the
happy feelings with ice that melts and vanishes.

21. THE FORM
Figures of speech:
 Metaphor :
- (-fancy Rambo) a metaphor compares imagination with
the Rambo that Appears and vanishes quickly.

22. THE FORM
Figures of speech:
 Personification:
-( sad soul forgot its pride) personification , makes her soul
forgets as a human being who has a mind.
-(And they have died) personification makes her past happy
feelings died as living creatures. This reflects her sadness.

23. ABAB
I AM THE ONLY BEING WHOSE DOOM
NO TONGUE WOULD ASK, NO EYE WOULD
MOURN;
I NEVER CAUSED A THOUGHT OF GLOOM,
A SMILE OF JOY, SINCE I WAS BORN.
RHYME SCHEME

24. IN SECRET PLEASURE, SECRET TEARS,
THIS CHANGEFUL LIFE HAS SLIPPED AWAY,
AS FRIENDLESS AFTER EIGHTEEN YEARS,
AS LONE AS ON MY NATAL DAY.
RHYME SCHEME
CDCD

25. T H E R E H AV E B E E N T I M E S I C A N N O T H I D E ,
T H E R E H AV E B E E N T I M E S W H E N T H I S WA S D R E A R ,
W H E N M Y S A D S O U L F O R G O T I T S P R I D E
A N D L O N G E D F O R O N E TO L O V E M E H E R E .
RHYME SCHEME
EFEF

26. BUT THOSE WERE IN THE EARLY GLOW
OF FEELINGS SINCE SUBDUED BY
CARE;
AND THEY HAVE DIED SO LONG AGO,
I HARDLY NOW BELIEVE THEY WERE.
RHYME SCHEME
GEGE

27. FI RST MELTED O FF TH E H O PE O F Y O U TH ,
TH EN FA N CY ’ S RA I N BO W FA ST W I TH D REW ;
A N D TH EN EX PERI EN CE TO LD ME TRU TH
IN MORTAL BOSOMS NEVER GREW.
RHYME SCHEME
HGHG

28. ’ TWA S G RI EF EN O U G H TO TH I N K MA N K I N D
A LL H O LLO W, SERV I LE, I N SI N CERE;
BU T W O RSE TO TRU ST TO MY O W N MI N D
A N D FI N D TH E SA ME CO RRU PTI O N TH ERE
RHYME SCHEME
EFEF

29. THE END