Analysis of Song Of One Of The Girls
Dorothy Parker 1893 (Long Branch) – 1967 (New York City)
Here in my heart I am Helen;
I'm Aspasia and Hero, at least.
I'm Judith, and Jael, and Madame de Stael;
I'm Salome, moon of the East.
Here in my soul I am Sappho;
Lady Hamilton am I, as well.
In me Recamier vies with Kitty O'Shea,
With Dido, and Eve, and poor Nell.
I'm of the glamorous ladies
At whose beckoning history shook.
But you are a man, and see only my pan,
So I stay at home with a book.
Scheme | XABA XBXB XCXC |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 10111110 1101011 1100101011 10101101 1011111 101001111 01111101 11001011 11010010 111001001 11101011011 11111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 407 |
Words | 84 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 98 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 30, 2023
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