Analysis of O Sweetheart, Hear You
James Joyce 1882 (Rathgar) – 1941 (Zürich)
O Sweetheart, hear you
Your lover's tale;
A man shall have sorrow
When friends him fail.
For he shall know then
Friends be untrue
And a little ashes
Their words come to.
But one unto him
Will softly move
And softly woo him
In ways of love.
His hand is under
Her smooth round breast;
So he who has sorrow
Shall have rest.
| Scheme | ABCB XAXA DXDX XECE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
| Metre | 1111 1101 011110 1111 11111 1101 001010 1111 11101 1101 01011 0111 11110 0111 111110 111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 328 |
| Words | 65 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 63 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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