Analysis of A St. Valentine’s Day Tragedy
Ellis Parker Butler 1869 (Muscatine) – 1937 (Williamsville)
Oh! Montmorency Vere de Vere,
To think that one I held so dear
Should use a base deceiver’s art
To trifle with my loving heart.
A brand new ten-cent valentine
With lace and hearts and verses fine,
I sent to show my love for thee
And in return you send to me
The one I sent to you last year,
Oh! Montmorency Vere de Vere.
| Scheme | Aabb ccddaA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 101111 11111111 110111 11011101 0111110 11010101 11111111 00011111 01111111 101111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 321 |
| Words | 67 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 124 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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