Analysis of Sanctuary
Dorothy Parker 1893 (Long Branch) – 1967 (New York City)
My land is bare of chattering folk;
The clouds are low along the ridges,
And sweet's the air with curly smoke
From all my burning bridges.
| Scheme | ABAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 111111001 011101010 01011101 1111010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 147 |
| Words | 28 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 109 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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