Analysis of The Twilight Turns
James Joyce 1882 (Rathgar) – 1941 (Zürich)
The twilight turns from amethyst
To deep and deeper blue,
The lamp fills with a pale green glow
The trees of the avenue.
The old piano plays an air,
Sedate and slow and gay;
She bends upon the yellow keys,
Her head inclines this way.
Shy thought and grave wide eyes and hands
That wander as they list -- -
The twilight turns to darker blue
With lights of amethyst.
Scheme | ABXB XCXC XABA |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 0111100 110101 01110111 011010 01010111 010101 11010101 010111 11011101 110111 0111101 111100 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 372 |
Words | 72 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 95 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 30, 2023
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