Analysis of BUTTERCUP
hello there my buttercup
your petals are so fine
so fragile in the morning sun
how brightly you do shine!
off to face my busy day
and now a cheery fellow
above you first i'll hold my chin
to turn the palest yellow!
| Scheme | XAXA XBXB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 011110 110111 11000101 110111 1111101 0101010 01111111 1101010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 216 |
| Words | 45 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 85 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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