Analysis of George Sand

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



What time the gifted lady took
Away from paper, pen, and book,
She spent in amorous dalliance
(They do those things so well in France).


Scheme AABC
Poetic Form
Metre 11010101 01110101 110100100 11111101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 140
Words 27
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 105
Words per stanza (avg) 25
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on May 03, 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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