Analysis of Sleep Now, O Sleep Now
James Joyce 1882 (Rathgar) – 1941 (Zürich)
Sleep now, O sleep now,
O you unquiet heart!
A voice crying "Sleep now"
Is heard in my heart.
The voice of the winter
Is heard at the door.
O sleep, for the winter
Is crying "Sleep no more."
My kiss will give peace now
And quiet to your heart -- -
Sleep on in peace now,
O you unquiet heart!
| Scheme | aBab cdcd abaB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 11111 1111 011011 11011 011010 11101 111010 110111 111111 010111 11011 1111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 299 |
| Words | 64 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 72 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 10, 2023
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