Analysis of Godspeed
Dorothy Parker 1893 (Long Branch) – 1967 (New York City)
Oh, seek, my love, your newer way;
I'll not be left in sorrow.
So long as I have yesterday,
Go take your damned tomorrow!
| Scheme | ABAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 11111101 1111010 1111110 111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 126 |
| Words | 26 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 90 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 09, 2023
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