Analysis of O, It Was Out by Donnycarney
James Joyce 1882 (Rathgar) – 1941 (Zürich)
O, it was out by Donnycarney
When the bat flew from tree to tree
My love and I did walk together;
And sweet were the words she said to me.
Along with us the summer wind
Went murmuring -- - O, happily! -- -
But softer than the breath of summer
Was the kiss she gave to me.
| Scheme | XABA XABA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 111111 10111111 110111010 010011111 01110101 11001100 110101110 1011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 279 |
| Words | 60 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 101 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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