Analysis of Butterflies
tiny wings of fireflies,
dancing lights with mating tries,
but out of sight are the butterflies.
fluttering wings up in the skies,
as doves coo their love cries,
but silent are the butterflies.
buzzing wings around the lilies,
as bees gather nectar for their hives,
but no scent have the butterflies.
catipillars climb to metamorphesize,
turning,changes but never dies,
only to become the butterflies.
trapped wings of many flies,
as spiders weave their web of lies,
but free fly the butterflies.
Scheme | AAA AAA XXA AAA AAA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101110 1011101 11111010 10011001 111111 1101010 10101010 111010111 1111010 1111 11101 10101010 111101 11011111 111010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 482 |
Words | 82 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 80 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on April 17, 2023
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