Analysis of The Sea
Dorothy Parker 1893 (Long Branch) – 1967 (New York City)
Who lay against the sea, and fled,
Who lightly loved the wave,
Shall never know, when he is dead,
A cool and murmurous grave.
But in a shallow pit shall rest
For all eternity,
And bear the earth upon the breas
That once had worn the sea.
| Scheme | ABAB XCXC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 11010101 110101 11011111 01011 10010111 110100 01010101 111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 249 |
| Words | 49 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 92 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 07, 2023
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