Analysis of Vers Demode
Dorothy Parker 1893 (Long Branch) – 1967 (New York City)
For one, the amaryllis and the rose;
The poppy, sweet as never lilies are;
The ripen'd vine, that beckons as it blows;
The dancing star.
For one, the trodden rosemary and rue;
The bowl, dipt ever in the purple stream
And, for the other one, a fairer due-
Sleep, and no dream.
| Scheme | ABAB CDCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Traditional rhyme Quatrain |
| Metre | 110010001 0101110101 0101110111 0101 110101001 0111000101 0101010101 1011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 284 |
| Words | 54 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 104 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 19, 2023
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