This is an analysis of Of That So Sweet Imprisonment by James Joyce.

Of that so sweet imprisonment
My soul, dearest, is fain -- -…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababXX cdcdee
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,
  • Metre: 01110100 111001 11111001 111001 11110111 10010100 10110101 111100 111001101 101101 11010101 1101110
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 12