Analysis of The New Love

Dorothy Parker 1893 (Long Branch) – 1967 (New York City)



If it shine or if it rain,
   Little will I care or know.
Days, like drops upon a pane,
   Slip, and join, and go.

At my door's another lad;
   Here's his flower in my hair.
If he see me pale and sad,
   Will he see me fair?

I sit looking at the floor.
   Little will I think or say
If he seek another door;
   Even if he stay.


Scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF
Poetic Form Traditional rhyme
Quatrain 
Metre 1111111 1011111 1110101 10101 1110101 1110011 1111101 11111 1110101 1011111 1110101 10111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 324
Words 70
Sentences 7
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 75
Words per stanza (avg) 23
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Dorothy Parker

Dorothy Parker was an American poet, short story writer, critic and satirist, best known for her wit, wisecracks, and eye for 20th-century urban foibles. more…

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