Analysis of Unfortunate Coincidence
Dorothy Parker 1893 (Long Branch) – 1967 (New York City)
By the time you swear you're his,
Shivering and sighing,
And he vows his passion is
Infinite, undying -
Lady, make a note of this:
One of you is lying.
| Scheme | ABABCB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1011111 100010 0111101 100010 1010111 111110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 154 |
| Words | 32 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 114 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 19, 2023
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