In?her?poem?The?Perfect?Rose,?Dorothy?Parker?misleads?the?reader?throughout?the?first?and?second?stanzas?into?believing?this?poem?is?a?romantic?tribute?to?a?tender?moment?from?her?past?through?her?word?choice?and?style?of?writing.?Composed?in?iambic?pentameter?except?the?last?line?of?each?stanza?having?just?four?syllables,?each?of?the?entire?stanzas?has?four?lines?with?every?other?line?rhyming?(ABAB?format),?It?is?short?and?sweet?with?a?melodic?quality?in?its?reading.?However,?the?tone?of?the?entire?poem?dramatically?changes?upon?reading?the?third?and?final?stanza?when?Parker?allows?the?reader?to?understand?her?true?intention?of?the?poem,?which?is?a?cynical?and?perhaps?bewildered?view?of?the?memory.?And,?with?this?shift?in?the?tone?in?the?third?stanza,?there?is?a?shift?in?the?meaning?of?the?entire?poem,?leading?the?reader?to?believe?that?the?first?two?stanzas?were?not,?in?fact,?sweet?but?instead?a?sarcastic?and?bitter?account?of?this?past?moment.
She?wants?something?more?substantial?than?a?single?fragile?rose,?perhaps?the?perfect?limousine?Here?not?only?does?she?inform?us?what?she?wanted;?she?mocks?what?she?did?receive.?So,?the?theme?of?this?poem?is?a?woman’s?complaint?about?men?and?also?her?disappointment?and?discontent?with?the?present?of?just?a?solitary?rose.
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