Analysis of Thought For A Sunshiny Morning
Dorothy Parker 1893 (Long Branch) – 1967 (New York City)
It costs me never a stab nor squirm
To tread by chance upon a worm.
"Aha, my little dear," I say,
"Your clan will pay me back one day."
| Scheme | AABB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Balliol rhyme Quatrain |
| Metre | 111100111 11110101 1110111 11111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 140 |
| Words | 33 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 98 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 19, 2023
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