Analysis of Butterflies Instead
If only we could flutter,
that would be perfection.
To fly so freely,
would it be simple enough for you?
It's the complications you fear.
They hide themselves from me, I would solve them yet.
I would tremble -
up, up, upwards.
I do not ask you for fifty years.
Three simple days would suffice, as long as that was my end.
I would treasure such a simple time.
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| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101110 111010 11110 111100111 1001011 11011111111 1110 1110 111111101 11011011111111 111010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 348 |
| Words | 69 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 11 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 46 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 12 |
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Submitted on May 02, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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