Analysis of My Dove, My Beautiful One
James Joyce 1882 (Rathgar) – 1941 (Zürich)
My dove, my beautiful one,
Arise, arise!
The night-dew lies
Upon my lips and eyes.
The odorous winds are weaving
A music of sighs:
Arise, arise,
My dove, my beautiful one!
I wait by the cedar tree,
My sister, my love,
White breast of the dove,
My breast shall be your bed.
The pale dew lies
Like a veil on my head.
My fair one, my fair dove,
Arise, arise!
| Scheme | ABbb xbBA xccd bdcB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111001 0101 0111 011101 01001110 01011 0101 1111001 1110101 11011 11101 111111 0111 101111 111111 0101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 363 |
| Words | 72 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 66 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 17, 2023
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