Analysis of Charles Dickens
Dorothy Parker 1893 (Long Branch) – 1967 (New York City)
Who call him spurious and shoddy
Shall do it o'er my lifeless body.
I heartily invite such birds
To come outside and say those words!
| Scheme | AABB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Balliol rhyme Quatrain |
| Metre | 111100010 1111011010 11000111 11110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 138 |
| Words | 27 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 106 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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