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

In the middle of our porridge plates
There was a blue butterfly painted... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXXXXXcXcabX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 001001101 110110110 1110111110 1011 101101101101 1000 1111 11110111010110 01101101 111011110 0101111011 100101001 11101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 493
  • Average number of words per stanza: 83
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • 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 Butterfly Laughter;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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