Analysis of Rondeau Redoublé
Dorothy Parker 1893 (Long Branch) – 1967 (New York City)
[and scarcely worth the trouble, at that]
The same to me are somber days and gay.
Though Joyous dawns the rosy morn, and bright,
Because my dearest love is gone away
Within my heart is melancholy night.
My heart beats low in loneliness, despite
That riotous Summer holds the earth in sway.
In cerements my spirit is bedight;
The same to me are somber days and gay.
Though breezes in the rippling grasses play,
And waves dash high and far in glorious might,
I thrill no longer to the sparkling day,
Though joyous dawns the rosy morn, and bright.
Ungraceful seems to me the swallow's flight;
As well might heaven's blue be sullen gray;
My soul discerns no beauty in their sight
Because my dearest love is gone away.
Let roses fling afar their crimson spray,
And virgin daisies splash the fields with white,
Let bloom the poppy hotly as it may,
Within my heart is melancholy night.
And this, O love, my pitiable plight
Whenever from my circling arms you stray;
This little world of mine has lost its light....
I hope to God, my dear, that you can say
The same to me.
Scheme | a BCBC cbaB bcbC cbcB bcbC cbcbx |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 010101011 0111110101 1101010101 0111011101 011111001 1111010001 11001010101 0111011 0111110101 11000100101 01110101001 1111010101 1101010101 1111011 1111011101 1101110011 0111011101 1101011101 0101010111 1101010111 011111001 0111110001 01011100111 1101111111 1111111111 0111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,112 |
Words | 197 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5 |
Lines Amount | 26 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 119 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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