One Perfect Rose Analysis

Away from Tradition

Tradition is losing its value; people want to experience new things rather than the same routine. In One Perfect Rose, Dorthy Parker changes the emotional feel the readers get from the beginning, then how it is towards the end of the poem. Emphasizing how she is tired of the traditional rose and hints her admirer in breaking away from the perfect rose. Her love story impacts how she wrote and definitely resembles in the poem. She also uses imagery and repetition to get her message clear on leaving the typical rose behind. For instance, the use of diction that portrays fascination is expressed at the beginning of the poem. A perfect rose states that the speaker is delighted in receiving that type of attention and is grateful. “The opening stanza describes the one perfect rose the speaker’s love has sent with all the standard romantic cliches and attitudes: uses the poetic language of the flower shop in its note to express his love.” (Francavilla1). By stating that it sounds like a sweet and caring action that many women would die if they were given a perfect rose once in awhile. It also shows that she is appreciative because she calls it the perfect rose.

However, after the opening stanza a change in diction is present. “One perfect

Another important point is that she only spoke about the limousine once because she has never received luxurious gifts. The phrase one perfect rose becomes over used in this poem that it loses its value while limousine stands out because it 's a new idea brought to the poem. Once something becomes the typical thing it doesn 't create the same mood, it did the first couple of times, that 's why she 's trying to get a different experience. This is shown in lines eleven and twelve, “Ah no, it 's always just my luck to get One perfect rose?” (Parker