Analysis of Butterflies
Every breath, a weight
on my chest, reluctantly
comes, being chased
only by my
A knife slips between
my ribs and with
every word that passes over my lips, it
A silent scream is trapped
behind my teeth.
Butterflies with knives
are cutting up
| Scheme | X X X X X X X X X X X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 100101 1110100 1101 1011 01101 1101 100111010111 010111 0111 1011 1101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 291 |
| Words | 65 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 11 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 11 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 17 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 4 |
About this poem
This poem is inspired by Juliet Simm's and Automatic Loveletter's song "Butterflies."
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Written on 2016
Submitted by lifeasalyric on November 04, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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