Analysis of Gloria

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



Dear dead Victoria
Rotted cosily;
In excelsis gloria,
And R. I. P.

And her shroud was buttoned neat,
And her bones were clean and round,
And her soul was at her feet
Like a bishop's marble hound.

Albert lay a-drying,
Lavishly arrayed,
With his soul out flying
Where his heart had stayed.

And there's some could tell you what land
His spirit walks serene
(But I've heard them say in Scotland
It's never been seen).


Scheme AXAX BCBC DEDE XFXF
Poetic Form Quatrain  (75%)
Metre 110100 101 01100 0111 0011101 0010101 0011101 1010101 101010 10001 111110 11111 01111111 110101 11111010 11011
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 413
Words 75
Sentences 6
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 80
Words per stanza (avg) 19
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Submitted by Bethanye608 on April 04, 2021

Modified on April 18, 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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