Analysis of Pour Prendre Conge
Dorothy Parker 1893 (Long Branch) – 1967 (New York City)
I'm sick of embarking in dories
Upon an emotional sea.
I'm wearied of playing Dolores
(A role never written for me).
I'll never again like a cub lick
My wounds while I squeal at the hurt.
No more I'll go walking in public,
My heart hanging out of my shirt.
I'm tired of entwining me garlands
Of weather-worn hemlock and bay.
I'm over my longing for far lands-
I wouldn't give that for Cathay.
I'm through with performing the ballet
Of love unrequited and told.
Euterpe, I tender you vale;
Good-by, and take care of that cold.
I'm done with this burning and giving
And reeling the rhymes of my woes.
And how I'll be making my living,
The Lord in His mystery knows.
Scheme | AAAX BCBC ADAD DEXE FAFA |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (80%) Etheree (30%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 11101001 01101001 110110010 01101011 110011011 11111101 111110010 11101111 1101111 1101101 110110111 11011101 111010001 1101001 111011 11011111 111110010 01001111 011110110 01011001 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 672 |
Words | 126 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 102 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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