Analysis of Little Butterfly
Little Butterfly 1965 (Decatur, Alabama)
Flap your wings
little butterfly,
You had to go and float so high.
You had to leave your
mommy's nest,
It was so hard but was for your best,
You had to learn
how far to soar,
Away from home
and our safe shoar
Learn your lessons
live your way,
but know we are here for you any day.
And when your ready
and have had your fill,
Know that we are here and love you still.
| Scheme | XAA BCC XBXB XDD XEE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111 1010 11110111 11111 101 111111111 1111 1111 0111 01011 1110 111 1111111101 01110 01111 111110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 371 |
| Words | 90 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 4, 3, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 56 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
About this poem
I wrote this about learning to let my daughter grow up and letting her know I will always be here.
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