This is an analysis of the poem The Ballade Of Butterflies that begins with:
Because we never build a nest
And no one of us ever sings,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababbbbB ababXbbB ababbbXBXbbbB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,13,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01110101 11101101 110101001 11011101 01010101 11110101 01110111 11011101 11101101 11110111 11110101 01010011 11110100 11010101 0100101001 11011101 01010101 11010111 110010101 01010111 00110111 11011101 11010100 11011101 10 11110101 11110101 110111001 11011101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 324
- Average number of words per stanza: 60
- Amount of lines: 29
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word butterflies at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of The Ballade Of Butterflies;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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