This is an analysis of the poem The Butterfly Obtains that begins with:
The butterfly obtains
But little sympathy... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXa aXXX XaXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010101 110100 1100010 010100 0111010 110101 0101110 110100 1101010 010100 1101010 110100
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 91
- Average number of words per stanza: 14
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 3
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of The Butterfly Obtains;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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