Analysis of Cherry White
Dorothy Parker 1893 (Long Branch) – 1967 (New York City)
I never see that prettiest thing-
A cherry bough gone white with Spring-
But what I think, "How gay 'twould be
To hang me from a flowering tree."
| Scheme | AABB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Balliol rhyme Quatrain |
| Metre | 110111001 01011111 11111111 111101001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 150 |
| Words | 31 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 111 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 19, 2023
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