Analysis of Cascade of butterfly wings
Heather Lydia Thornhill 1981 (Manchester)
Still.
Two little souls.
Lifted on the devine lovers hair.
Bowed together.
Like sitting on a prayer.
A child sat atop a mothers knee.
For safety.
Belt.
Up.
Curls cascade.
butterfly wings.
Filling
the air
| Scheme | ABCDCEEFGHIJC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1 1101 101001101 1010 110101 011010101 110 1 1 101 101 10 01 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 203 |
| Words | 46 |
| Sentences | 12 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 13 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 12 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 158 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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Written on June 21, 2022
Submitted by HeatherLydiaThornhill on June 21, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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