Lean Out of the Window

Read 'Lean Out of the Window' by 'James Joyce' and provide your summary and literary analysis in the comments section below.

Lean Out of the Window by James Joyce

 Lean out of the window, 
Goldenhair, 
I hear you singing 
A merry air. 

My book was closed, 
I read no more, 
Watching the fire dance 
On the floor. 

I have left my book, 
I have left my room, 
For I heard you singing 
Through the gloom. 

Singing and singing 
A merry air, 
Lean out of the window, 
Goldenhair.

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