Analysis of Alexandre Dumas And His Son
Dorothy Parker 1893 (Long Branch) – 1967 (New York City)
Although I work, and seldom cease,
At Dumas pere and Dumas fils,
Alas, I cannot make me care
For Dumas fils and Dumas pere.
Scheme | AABC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110101 11010101 01110111 11010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 128 |
Words | 26 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 4 |
Lines Amount | 4 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 95 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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