She Weeps over Rahoon

James Joyce 1882 (Rathgar) – 1941 (Zürich)



Rain on Rahoon falls softly, softly falling,
Where my dark lover lies.
Sad is his voice that calls me, sadly calling,
At grey moonrise.

Love, hear thou
How soft, how sad his voice is ever calling,
Ever unanswered, and the dark rain falling,
Then as now.

Dark too our hearts, O love, shall lie and cold
As his sad heart has lain
Under the moongrey nettles, the black mould
And muttering rain.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 14, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABAB CAAC DEDE
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 388
Words 74
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4

James Joyce

ames Augustine Aloysius Joyce was an Irish novelist and poet, considered to be one of the most influential writers in the modernist avant-garde of the early 20th century.  more…

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