Analysis of Strings in the Earth and Air
James Joyce 1882 (Rathgar) – 1941 (Zürich)
Strings in the earth and air
Make music sweet;
Strings by the river where
The willows meet.
There's music along the river
For Love wanders there,
Pale flowers on his mantle,
Dark leaves on his hair.
All softly playing,
With head to the music bent,
And fingers straying
Upon an instrument.
| Scheme | ABAB XAXA CXCX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
| Metre | 100101 1101 110101 011 11001010 11101 1101110 11111 11010 1110101 01010 011100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 294 |
| Words | 53 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 76 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 05, 2023
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