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CHAMBER MUSIC: 17 by JAMES JOYCE

Poet Analysis

First Line: BECAUSE YOUR VOICE WAS AT MY SIDE
Last Line: WHO WAS MY FRIEND.
Subject(s): FRIENDSHIP; TRANSIENCE; IMPERMANENCE;

Because your voice was at my side

I gave him pain,

Because within my hand I held

Your hand again.



There is no word nor any sign

Can make amend -- -

He is a stranger to me now

Who was my friend.





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