Analysis of One Perfect Rose
Dorothy Parker 1893 (Long Branch) – 1967 (New York City)
A single flow'r he sent me, since we met.
All tenderly his messenger he chose;
Deep-hearted, pure, with scented dew still wet -
One perfect rose.
I knew the language of the floweret;
'My fragile leaves,' it said, 'his heart enclose.'
Love long has taken for his amulet
One perfect rose.
Why is it no one ever sent me yet
One perfect limousine, do you suppose?
Ah no, it's always just my luck to get
One perfect rose.
| Scheme | abaB abxB abaB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 01011111111 1100110011 1101110111 1011 11010101 1101111101 1111011100 1011 1111110111 101101101 111111111 1011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 413 |
| Words | 82 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 105 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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