The Butterfly
Just see how she flirts
with the flowers in the garden
so blithely she flies
from plant to plant
Such beauty! You may think
clad in such radiance
So pleasing to the eyes,
such a splendid sight
So you watch as she caresses
yet another petal
and then get to thinking,
“What a beautiful butterfly”
Completely rapt in the moment
you fail to recall yester's morn
when this now beautiful creature
was just an ugly worm.
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Submitted on July 05, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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| Scheme | XXAXXXAX XXXXXXXX |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 402 |
| Words | 76 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8, 8 |
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