In
chapter 4 of part 2, Winston waits forin the rented apartment above Mr. Charrington's shop and
overhears a huge prole woman singing in the courtyard as she pegs diapers on a clothesline. The
robust woman is singing a new popular tune produced for the proles by a sub-section of the Music
Department. In Oceania, songs are not composed by humansan instrument called a versificator
creates songs for the public. The lyrics to the popular song that has been "haunting London
for weeks past" is as follows:
It was only an
€˜opeless fancy.
It passed like an Ipril dye,
But a look an a word an the
dreams they stirred!
They €˜ave stolen my €˜eart awye.
The lyrics of the song relate to 's current emotions and behavior. By carrying on his
affair with Julia and joining the Brotherhood, Winston is living in a hopeless fancy, which will
pass like an April day. His love for Julia and belief inhave stirred up his dreams and stolen
his heart. Winston no longer operates in reality, and every action he takes is a response to his
imagination and dreams.
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