Analysis of Inventory
Dorothy Parker 1893 (Long Branch) – 1967 (New York City)
Four be the things I am wiser to know:
Idleness, sorrow, a friend, and a foe.
Four be the things I’d been better without:
Love, curiosity, freckles, and doubt.
Three be the things I shall never attain:
Envy, content, and sufficient champagne.
Three be the things I shall have till I die:
Laughter and hope and a sock in the eye.
| Scheme | AA BB CC DD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Couplet |
| Metre | 1101111011 1001001001 1101111001 101001001 1101111001 1010001001 1101111111 1001001001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 331 |
| Words | 63 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 63 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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