This is an analysis of the poem The Butterfly that begins with:

Coming with the daffodils and dying with the roses,
Wafted by the zephyr's wing athwart the spaces high,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXabcbXc X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10001011100010 1010101010101 100010111001100 1001101111111 10101011101010 1001100010101 11101011111010 101110101011010 10101001110111 01011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 271
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 53 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; with, and are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Butterfly;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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