Analysis of In the Dark Pine-Wood
James Joyce 1882 (Rathgar) – 1941 (Zürich)
In the dark pine-wood
I would we lay,
In deep cool shadow
At noon of day.
How sweet to lie there,
Sweet to kiss,
Where the great pine-forest
Enaisled is!
Thy kiss descending
Sweeter were
With a soft tumult
Of thy hair.
O unto the pine-wood
At noon of day
Come with me now,
Sweet love, away.
| Scheme | abxB cxxx xxxc aBxb |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 00111 1111 0111 1111 11111 111 101110 11 11010 100 10110 111 110011 1111 1111 1101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 298 |
| Words | 59 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 56 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 22, 2023
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