Analysis of Bahnhofstrasse
James Joyce 1882 (Rathgar) – 1941 (Zürich)
The eyes that mock me sign the way
Whereto I pass at eve of day.
Grey way whose violet signals are
The trysting and the twining star.
Ah star of evil! star of pain!
Highhearted youth comes not again
Nor old heart's wisdom yet to know
The signs that mock me as I go.
| Scheme | AA BB XX CC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Couplet |
| Metre | 01111101 1111111 111100101 0100101 11110111 111101 11110111 01111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 269 |
| Words | 56 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 52 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 30, 2023
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