Analysis of Why I Envy the butterfly
I envy the butterfly;
And why?
She not me is able to fly
Away
Away from life's mundane crawl
She picks up her wings.
Delicately powdered things,
And brave the ever free sky!
And winds.
Winds that beat and buffer.
She has learnt the flow of it.
She, not me.
For I am tossed by the winds of life.
Pushed and pulled.
Pulled by cords of my mind's creation.
I envy the butterfly;
And why?
She, not me has changed
Shed.
Forsaken the skin that held her captive.
| Scheme | AAaxx bbaxx xxxxx AAxxx |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (45%) Etheree (40%) |
| Metre | 110010 01 11111011 01 0111011 11101 1000101 0101011 01 111010 1110111 111 111110111 101 111111010 110010 01 11111 1 0100111010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 458 |
| Words | 106 |
| Sentences | 13 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 87 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
About this poem
I wrote this poem whilst reflecting on my need to become a better version of myself.
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