This is an analysis of Of The Boy And Butterfly by John Bunyan.

Behold, how eager this our little boy
Is for a butterfly, as if all joy,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcc XXddee f bbaabb Xbffff
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,1,6,6,
  • Metre: 0111001101 0101011011 11010111010 01100101010 10010101010 11010101010 11011111110 1111010101 11010100111 1101110101 1101110111 0101010101 0100 0101110001 1111010101 0101110101 0111111100 1111010111 1011010111 010110111 01010101010 010010100001 0110010101 1101110111 0110011111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 25

Repeated words/phrases

and, his, to

Anaphora

and, the, his