Analysis of Pour Prendre Conge

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



I'm sick of embarking in dories
  Upon an emotional sea.
I'm wearied of playing Dolores
  (A role never written for me).

I'll never again like a cub lick
  My wounds while I squeal at the hurt.
No more I'll go walking in public,
  My heart hanging out of my shirt.

I'm tired of entwining me garlands
  Of weather-worn hemlock and bay.
I'm over my longing for far lands-
  I wouldn't give that for Cathay.

I'm through with performing the ballet
  Of love unrequited and told.
Euterpe, I tender you vale;
  Good-by, and take care of that cold.

I'm done with this burning and giving
  And reeling the rhymes of my woes.
And how I'll be making my living,
  The Lord in His mystery knows.


Scheme AAAX BCBC ADAD DEXE FAFA
Poetic Form Quatrain  (80%)
Etheree  (30%)
Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 11101001 01101001 110110010 01101011 110011011 11111101 111110010 11101111 1101111 1101101 110110111 11011101 111010001 1101001 111011 11011111 111110010 01001111 011110110 01011001
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 672
Words 126
Sentences 11
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 102
Words per stanza (avg) 25
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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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