Analysis of Butterfly
Nahjar Williams 2022 (Trelawny)
I must change my skin.
This body I am trapped within.
Fly now butterfly!
| Scheme | AAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tercet |
| Metre | 11111 11011101 1110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 72 |
| Words | 16 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3 |
| Lines Amount | 3 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 56 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
About this poem
The poem seeks to capture the pressure and resolve that change brings upon us all, with the metaphor of metamorphosis.
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Written on October 20, 2022
Submitted by williamsnajar117 on October 20, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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