Analysis of Rhymes For Chanting
Joanna Baillie 1762 (Bothwell) – 1851 (Hampstead)
BUTTERFLY, butterfly, speed through the air,
The ring-bird follows thee fast,
And the monkey looks up with a greedy stare;
Speed on till the peril be past!
O, wert thou but safe in my garden bower,
And wouldst thou no further stray,
Thou shouldst feed on the rose and the gilliflower,
And be my play-mate gay.
| Scheme | ABAB XCAC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 10101101 0111011 00101110101 11101011 11111011010 0111101 111101001 011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 310 |
| Words | 58 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 121 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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