This is an analysis of the poem Mariposa that begins with:
Butterflies are white and blue
In this field we wander through....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaBA acXc BaXaA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011111 0011101 1010111 1100111 1011101 00100110 1010101 11101010 1010111 1010101 1010001 1010111 1100111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 125
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 13
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Mariposa;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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