Analysis of On Cheating The Fiddler
Dorothy Parker 1893 (Long Branch) – 1967 (New York City)
"Then we will have tonight!" we said.
"Tomorrow- may we not be dead?"
The morrow touched our eyes, and found
Us walking firm above the ground,
Our pulses quick, our blood alight.
Tomorrow's gone- we'll have tonight!
| Scheme | AABBCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Sestain |
| Metre | 11110111 0111111 010110101 11010101 1010110101 0111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 224 |
| Words | 41 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 163 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 22, 2023
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