Analysis of Frustration
Dorothy Parker 1893 (Long Branch) – 1967 (New York City)
If I had a shiny gun,
I could have a world of fun
Speeding bullets through the brains
Of the folk who give me pains;
Or had I some poison gas,
I could make the moments pass
Bumping off a number of
People whom I do not love.
But I have no lethal weapon-
Thus does Fate our pleasure step on!
So they still are quick and well
Who should be, by rights, in hell.
| Scheme | AABB CCDD AXEE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
| Metre | 1110101 1110111 1010101 1011111 1111101 1110101 1010101 1011111 11111010 111101011 1111101 1111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 354 |
| Words | 77 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 91 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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