A Study Guide for Dorothy Parker's "Resume"
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Résumé
Dorothy Parker
1926
Introduction
Dorothy Parker became famous in the 1920s and 1930s for her sarcasm, witticisms, and no-nonsense quips. As a member of the Algonquin Round Table, a group of literati who met regularly at the Algonquin Hotel in New York City to converse and trade barbs, she received a lot of attention from the press. In addition to drama reviews, she wrote short fiction and poetry. Her poetry adheres to traditional forms, but the subject matter and tone are unconventional.
Parker had a unique ability to turn a phrase to reflect irony and dark humor. Although her writing is amusing, it is by no means upbeat or optimistic. This style is apparent in the eight-line poem Résumé.
The poem appeared in Parker's first collection of poems, Enough Rope (1926), which became a best seller. The subject of the poem is suicide. After a methodical consideration of various means of killing oneself, the speaker concludes that it is just as well to live—hardly a note of hope at the end of a poem about suicide, but it is typical of Parker's style. The poem takes on a deeper sense of melancholy, however, when the reader realizes that Parker did attempt suicide three years prior to writing this poem. It is not an offhand poem but one that gives a glimpse into the dark psyche of the poet, whose early life was troubled and later life was