This is an analysis of The Party by Weldon Kees.
The obscene hostess, mincing in the hall,
Gathers the guests around a crystal ball.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaXbXb XcXcdc ccXede
- Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,
- Metre: 0011010001 1001010101 00101101010 10010100101 01001010111 100001010101 011101010101 1000000111 1001111101 0111001001 11010010101 011001100101 010101010101 1101000111 1101110101 111101010001 010101011101 11101110101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 20