This is an analysis of Who Goes Amid The Green Wood by James Joyce.

Who goes amid the green wood
With springtide all adorning her?…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd abab efef
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 1101011 01010100 110101011 010100 1100011 11110111 11000111 011100 0101011 100111010 111101011 1011010 1001111 01110101 10011111 101111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16