Analysis of Ecce Puer
James Joyce 1882 (Rathgar) – 1941 (Zürich)
Of the dark past
A child is born;
With joy and grief
My heart is torn.
Calm in his cradle
The living lies.
May love and mercy
Unclose his eyes!
Young life is breathed
On the glass;
The world that was not
Comes to pass.
A child is sleeping:
An old man gone.
O, father forsaken,
Forgive your son!
| Scheme | XAXA XBXB XCXC XXDD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
| Metre | 1011 0111 1101 1111 10110 0101 11010 111 1111 101 01111 111 01110 1111 110010 0111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 287 |
| Words | 61 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 56 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 01, 2023
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