Analysis of The Butterfly
I watch as the butterfly emerges from her slumber
The life before she can no longer remember
Unfurling her wings in the midday sun
For the butterfly her journey has just begun
As she flutters her wings I smile and think that it won't be long
A gentle breeze and she will be gone
With each tentative beat of her wings her new life calls
The leaf no longer an island to the beauty in store
A breath of wind the time is right
As I watch her wings dance out of sight
Life is so much more than what we perceive
We too are like the butterfly
If only we would believe
| Scheme | AABBCDEFGGHIH |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1110100101010 010111110010 010010011 10100101101 111001110111111 010101111 1110011010111 01110110101001 01110111 111011111 1111111101 1111010 1101101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 548 |
| Words | 113 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 13 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 447 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 113 |
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Submitted on May 02, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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