Analysis of A Flower Given to My Daughter
James Joyce 1882 (Rathgar) – 1941 (Zürich)
Frail the white rose and frail are
Her hands that gave
Whose soul is sere and paler
Than time's wan wave.
Rosefrail and fair -- yet frailest
A wonder wild
In gentle eyes thou veilest,
My blueveined child.
| Scheme | ABAB CCCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 1011011 0111 111101 1111 10111 0101 010111 111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 205 |
| Words | 40 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 81 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 30, 2023
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