Analysis of Because Your Voice Was at My Side
James Joyce 1882 (Rathgar) – 1941 (Zürich)
Because your voice was at my side
I gave him pain,
Because within my hand I held
Your hand again.
There is no word nor any sign
Can make amend -- -
He is a stranger to me now
Who was my friend.
| Scheme | XXXX XAXA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 01111111 1111 01011111 1101 11111101 1101 11010111 1111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 201 |
| Words | 45 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 73 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 01, 2023
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