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

I catch butterflies,
I catch butterflies....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AA bcXXabdaX XbXaD caed fgchaX XaD if jeka ehia jkjda gcXe Xccca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,9,5,4,6,3,2,4,4,5,4,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101 11101 00100 101010 0111 10101 1001101 1110101 0001010 10111011 0110 101011010 1101010 101010 110001 1010111 10011111 1011 1011010 101111 010010101 11001 0100101001 11001010 110111010 11000111 111101 011 1010111 1101101 11110101 011001 11100100 01101 10101 10010 1110010101 011111101 1010 0001001 101101 011011 1111 010010101 10111 11110101 110101011 01010 010100010 01010101 111101 010110 1001001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 53
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Butterflies;
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