This is an analysis of Tilly by James Joyce.

He travels after a winter sun,
Urging the cattle along a cold red road,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XabX cXcX aXcb
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
  • Metre: 110100101 10010010111 10000111 11010110 0110101 1111110011 110001001011 110111 11001 01111010 111011 1111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12