Analysis of Light Of Love
Dorothy Parker 1893 (Long Branch) – 1967 (New York City)
Joy stayed with me a night --
Young and free and fair --
And in the morning light
He left me there.
Then Sorrow came to stay,
And lay upon my breast
He walked with me in the day.
And knew me best.
I'll never be a bride,
Nor yet celibate,
So I'm living now with Pride --
A cold bedmate.
He must not hear nor see,
Nor could he forgive
That Sorrow still visits me
Each day I live.
| Scheme | ABAB CDCD EXEA FXFX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
| Metre | 111101 10101 000101 1111 110111 010111 1111001 0111 110101 11100 1110111 011 111111 11101 1101101 1111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 370 |
| Words | 82 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 70 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 10, 2023
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