Analysis of To A Butterfly
William Wordsworth 1770 (Wordsworth House) – 1850 (Cumberland)
STAY near me---do not take thy flight!
A little longer stay in sight!
Much converse do I find I thee,
Historian of my infancy !
Float near me; do not yet depart!
Dead times revive in thee:
Thou bring'st, gay creature as thou art!
A solemn image to my heart,
My father's family!
Oh! pleasant, pleasant were the days,
The time, when, in our childish plays,
My sister Emmeline and I
Together chased the butterfly!
A very hunter did I rush
Upon the prey:---with leaps and spring
I followed on from brake to bush;
But she, God love her, feared to brush
The dust from off its wings.
| Scheme | AABBCBCCB DDEEFXXFX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11111111 01010101 11011111 010011100 11111101 110101 111110111 01010111 110100 11010001 011010101 1101001 0101010 01010111 01011101 11011111 11110111 011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 567 |
| Words | 110 |
| Sentences | 10 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 9, 9 |
| Lines Amount | 18 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 219 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 54 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 01, 2023
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