Analysis of Rhopalocera
Gently, softly, slowly landing
Tip of a miracle standing
Wells of floral nectaries
Pushing off to flit in trees
Hiding from winged predators
Multicolored coats of furs
None the outward beauty share
The inner grace see to compare
An English Rose of insect form
No humankind could laugh or scorn
A feathered peacock’s self is vain:
This animal; it has no bane
It wears its heart upon its sleeve
For everyone to plainly see
If only it were resilient
Rhopalocera the brilliant
Such a pity, for the life is short
For a beauty queen of the natural sort
| Scheme | AABBBBCCXXDDXB EEFF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10101010 11010010 11101 1011101 1011100 010111 1010101 01011101 1101111 1101111 0101111 11001111 11110111 1101101 11010010 1010 101010111 10101101001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 533 |
| Words | 98 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 14, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 18 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 222 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 49 |
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Submitted on March 11, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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