Butterflies
Watch them flutter from spot to spot,
Focus the camera and get a shot,
Those delicate wings of orange and black,
Carrying each Monarch both forward and back.
Observe their progress in a balmy breeze,
How they glide over flowers and trees,
Up and down with no straight line,
What a masterpiece in mechanics and design.
Against the wind they hover and turn,
From these creatures there's much to learn,
These frail bodies are a fascinating sight,
In any garden they are a delight.
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Submitted by RowAroundTheMoon on October 15, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 466 |
Words | 84 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 12 |
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