This is an analysis of the poem Butterflies that begins with:

Eyes aloft, over dangerous places,
The children follow the butterflies,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaa abab cdcd eXeX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011010010 010100101 10010110010 100110101 101110110 111110101 11001010110 111110101 101001110 110100111 101011110 101100101 1001101110 11111001 111001010 10010110010 100010010100 01010101 111111011011 110111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 166
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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