Analysis of Penelope
Dorothy Parker 1893 (Long Branch) – 1967 (New York City)
In the pathway of the sun,
In the footsteps of the breeze,
Where the world and sky are one,
He shall ride the silver seas,
He shall cut the glittering wave.
I shall sit at home, and rock;
Rise, to heed a neighbor's knock;
Brew my tea, and snip my thread;
Bleach the linen for my bed.
They will call him brave.
| Scheme | ABABCDDEEC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (20%) |
| Metre | 001101 001101 1010111 1110101 11101001 1111101 1110101 1110111 1010111 11111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 320 |
| Words | 64 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 234 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 62 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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