Analysis of Wisdom
Dorothy Parker 1893 (Long Branch) – 1967 (New York City)
This I say, and this I know:
Love has seen the last of me.
Love's a trodden lane to woe,
Love's a path to misery.
This I know, and knew before,
This I tell you, of my years:
Hide your heart, and lock your door.
Hell's afloat in lovers' tears.
Give your heart, and toss and moan;
What a pretty fool you look!
I am sage, who sit alone;
Here's my wool, and here's my book.
Look! A lad's a-waiting there,
Tall he is and bold, and gay.
What the devil do I care
What I know, and what I say?
Scheme | ABAB CXCX DEDE FGFG |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
Metre | 1110111 1110111 1010111 1011100 1110101 1111111 1110111 1010101 1110101 1010111 1111101 1110111 1010101 1110101 1010111 1110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 493 |
Words | 103 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 88 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 20, 2023
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