This is an analysis of A Flower Given To My Daughter by James Joyce.

Frail the white rose and frail are
Her hands that gave…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa XbXb
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,
  • Metre: 1011111 0111 1101110 1111 10011110 0101 0101110 11001
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 8