Butterfly
Once,as my childhood,free and stray,
I saw it going its ardent way
From rose to rose till I did say
A butterfly must but fly away!
Then somewhere beyond my thought
A rainbow ended on a golden pot
But for a winged journey no end I sought
So the butterfly flew on and on.
I would catch it and never let go
But as joys cannot be made to stay
That butterfly from my youthful day
Flew away.
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Submitted on February 05, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AAAA BXBX XAAA |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 374 |
Words | 80 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
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