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
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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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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