Two butterflies went out at noon
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Two butterflies went out at noon
And waltzed above a stream,
Then stepped straight through the firmament
And rested on a beam;
And then together bore away
Upon a shining sea,--
Though never yet, in any port
Their coming mentioned be.
If spoken by the distant bird,
If met in ether sea
By frigate or by merchantman,
Report was not to me.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 19, 2023
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|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 333 |
| Words | 65 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
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