Analysis of Though I Thy Mithridates Were
James Joyce 1882 (Rathgar) – 1941 (Zürich)
Though I thy Mithridates were,
Framed to defy the poison-dart,
Yet must thou fold me unaware
To know the rapture of thy heart,
And I but render and confess
The malice of thy tenderness.
For elegant and antique phrase,
Dearest, my lips wax all too wise;
Nor have I known a love whose praise
Our piping poets solemnize,
Neither a love where may not be
Ever so little falsity.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111100 11010101 1111101 11010111 01110001 01011100 11000011 10111111 11110111 1010101 10011111 10110100 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 381 |
Words | 71 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 148 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 23, 2023
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