Analysis of Summary
Dorothy Parker 1893 (Long Branch) – 1967 (New York City)
Every love's the love before
In a duller dress.
That's the measure of my lore-
Here's my bitterness:
Would I knew a little more,
Or very much less!
| Scheme | ABACAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10010101 00101 1010111 11100 1110101 11011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 156 |
| Words | 30 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 112 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 19, 2023
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