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 |
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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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