Analysis of A Dialouge
Alice Duer Miller 1874 (New York) – 1942 (New York)
HE: I am in trouble, give me your advice.
SHE: No, for I'm sure 'twould not be carried out.
HE: It shall, I swear it shall, at any price.
SHE:If that's agreed, what is this all about?
HE:How can I win a woman who is fair
And cold?
SHE:Be colder.
HE:But she's proud as well.
SHE:Be prouder.
HE:But she does not seem to care,
Nor notice when I'm near.
SHE:How can you tell
Whether she does or not, until you've tried
Not being near? Avoid her, let her see
The change, and should chance place you at her side,
Be colder, prouder, civiler than she.
HE: But if she cares...
SHE: Then it will break her heart,
Which will be easier won.
HE: 'Tis too severe
On me: I could not.
SHE:Then you'd better part.
HE:Is this your counsel? Well, good-by, my dear.
SHE:Stay, there's one thing to do before you go.
HE: What?
SHE:lf you really love her, tell her so.
Perhaps you'll find her kinder than you know.
Scheme | ABABCDEFECGFHIHIJKLGMKGNONN |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11101011101 11111111101 11111111101 1101111101 1111010111 01 110 11111 110 1111111 110111 1111 1011110111 1101010101 0101111101 11010111 11111 1111101 1111001 11101 11111 11101 1111011111 1111110111 11 111010101 0111010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 874 |
Words | 183 |
Sentences | 22 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 27 |
Lines Amount | 27 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 653 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 170 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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