Analysis of Finis
Dorothy Parker 1893 (Long Branch) – 1967 (New York City)
Now it's over, and now it's done;
Why does everything look the same?
Just as bright, the unheeding sun, --
Can't it see that the parting came?
People hurry and work and swear,
Laugh and grumble and die and wed,
Ponder what they will eat and wear, --
Don't they know that our love is dead?
Just as busy, the crowded street;
Cars and wagons go rolling on,
Children chuckle, and lovers meet, --
Don't they know that our love is gone?
No one pauses to pay a tear;
None walks slow, for the love that's through, --
I might mention, my recent dear,
I've reverted to normal, too.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11100111 1110101 111011 11110101 10100101 10100101 10111101 111110111 11100101 10101101 10100101 111110111 11101101 11110111 11101101 10101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 579 |
Words | 111 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 213 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 55 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 29, 2023
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