Analysis of Butterfly Wings and Hurricanes



Parts of me scatter
like raindrops and dried leaves
delivering the pieces to parts unknown
visionary winds that re-energise a stagnant pond
simultaneously, scattering and re-emerging
altered but united


Scheme ABCDEF
Poetic Form
Metre 11110 11011 01000101101 10011110101 0100010001010 101010
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 205
Words 32
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 6
Lines Amount 6
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 170
Words per stanza (avg) 29
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Submitted by Journey on August 30, 2022

Modified on April 05, 2023

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