This is an analysis of My Dove, My Beautiful One by James Joyce.

My dove, my beautiful one,
Arise, arise!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ABbb XbBA XccdXbdcB
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,9,
  • Metre: 1111001 0101 0111 011111 01001110 01001 0101 1111001 1110101 11011 11001 111011 0111 101111 111111 0101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

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