Analysis of Lean Out of the Window
James Joyce 1882 (Rathgar) – 1941 (Zürich)
Lean out of the window,
Goldenhair,
I hear you singing
A merry air.
My book was closed,
I read no more,
Watching the fire dance
On the floor.
I have left my book,
I have left my room,
For I heard you singing
Through the gloom.
Singing and singing
A merry air,
Lean out of the window,
Goldenhair.
| Scheme | ABcB xbxb xdcd cBAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 111010 1 11110 0101 1111 1111 100101 101 11111 11111 111110 101 10010 0101 111010 1 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 303 |
| Words | 60 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 57 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 25, 2023
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