Analysis of The Evening Primrose
Dorothy Parker 1893 (Long Branch) – 1967 (New York City)
You know the bloom, unearthly white,
That none has seen by morning light-
The tender moon, alone, may bare
Its beauty to the secret air.
Who'd venture past its dark retreat
Must kneel, for holy things and sweet,
That blossom, mystically blown,
No man may gather for his own
Nor touch it, lest it droop and fall....
Oh, I am not like that at all!
Scheme | AABBCCDDEE |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (30%) Etheree (30%) |
Metre | 11010101 11111101 01010111 11010101 11011101 11110101 11011 11110111 11111101 11111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 344 |
Words | 67 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 10 |
Lines Amount | 10 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 263 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 65 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 19, 2023
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