Analysis of Ninon De Lenclos, On Her Last Birthday
Dorothy Parker 1893 (Long Branch) – 1967 (New York City)
So let me have the rouge again,
And comb my hair the curly way.
The poor young men, the dear young men
They'll all be here by noon today.
And I shall wear the blue, I think-
They beg to touch its rippled lace;
Or do they love me best in pink,
So sweetly flattering the face?
And are you sure my eyes are bright,
And is it true my cheek is clear?
Young what's-his-name stayed half the night;
He vows to cut his throat, poor dear!
So bring my scarlet slippers, then,
And fetch the powder-puff to me.
The dear young men, the poor young men-
They think I'm only seventy!
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF AGAG |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 11110101 01110101 01110111 11111101 01110111 11111101 11111101 11010001 01111111 01111111 11111101 11111111 11110101 01010111 01110111 11110100 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 575 |
Words | 114 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 107 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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