Analysis of Interview
Dorothy Parker 1893 (Long Branch) – 1967 (New York City)
The ladies men admire, I've heard,
Would shudder at a wicked word.
Their candle gives a single light;
They'd rather stay at home at night.
They do not keep awake till three,
Nor read erotic poetry.
They never sanction the impure,
Nor recognize an overture.
They shrink from powders and from paints ...
So far, I've had no complaints.
| Scheme | AABBCCDEFF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 01010111 11010101 11010101 11011111 11110111 11010100 11010001 1101100 11110011 1111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 341 |
| Words | 60 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 258 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 59 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 07, 2023
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