Analysis of The Dramatists
Dorothy Parker 1893 (Long Branch) – 1967 (New York City)
A string of shiny days we had,
A spotless sky, a yellow sun;
And neither you nor I was sad
When that was through and done.
But when, one day, a boy comes by
And pleads me with your happiest vow,
"There was a lad I knew--" I'll sigh,
"I do not know him now."
And when another girl shall pass
And speak a little name I said,
Then you will say, "There was a lass-
I wonder is she dead."
And each of us will sigh, and start
A-talking of a faded year,
And lay a hand above a heart,
And dry a pretty tear.
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF GXGX |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
Metre | 01110111 01010101 01011111 111101 11110111 011111001 11011111 111111 01010111 01010111 11111101 110111 01111101 01010101 01010101 010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 508 |
Words | 110 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 92 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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