Analysis of The Promise Of Fragility
How to paint the butterfly that rails against
the wind? Trailing streams of gossamer like
dreams of forgiven sin. Wings of lightest
paper, a tongue to hide inside, the nectar of
a dew drop to bathe her seeking eyes. She
labors ever onward but she labors not in vain
for her wings they speak of promise as they
beat against the wind. At times there's
never knowing, at moments deep despair, till
the wind it throws her higher on a pillar
only air. There is a taste of mist here it
clings like completion to the air. Her wings
they whisper tatters and her bright coat has
turned to gray, but to the butterfly it
doesn't matter for she flew her course to
stay. With the power of a dove, like dawn
she beat against the wind to alight upon
her Eden, where her wings contend with eagles
and heaven's gates begin.
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Metre | 1110101101 0110111001 1101011110 100111010101 0111101011 1010101110101 1011111011 10101111 10101101011 01110101010 10111011111 1101010101 1101000111 111110101 1010111011 1101010111 11010110101 01010101110 010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 788 |
Words | 152 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 19 |
Lines Amount | 19 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 637 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 152 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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