Analysis of The Leal

Dorothy Parker 1893 (Long Branch) – 1967 (New York City)



The friends I made have slipped and strayed,
   And who's the one that cares?
A trifling lot and best forgot-
   And that's my tale, and theirs.

Then if my friendships break and bend,
   There's little need to cry
The while I know that every foe
   Is faithful till I die.


Scheme XAXA XBXB
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 01111101 010111 01010101 011101 11110101 110111 011111001 110111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 273
Words 52
Sentences 4
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 4
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 101
Words per stanza (avg) 25
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 25, 2023

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Dorothy Parker

Dorothy Parker was an American poet, short story writer, critic and satirist, best known for her wit, wisecracks, and eye for 20th-century urban foibles. more…

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