Analysis of The Example
William Henry Davies 1871 – 1940
Here's an example from
A Butterfly;
That on a rough, hard rock
Happy can lie;
Friendless and all alone
On this unsweetened stone.
Now let my bed be hard
No care take I;
I'll make my joy like this
Small Butterfly;
Whose happy heart has power
To make a stone a flower.
| Scheme | XAXABB XAXACC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110101 010 110111 1011 10101 1111 111111 1111 111111 110 1101110 1101010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 274 |
| Words | 54 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 103 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 28, 2023
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