This is an analysis of Verses On A Butterfly by Joseph Warton.

Fair Child of Sun and Summer! we behold
With eager eyes thy wings bedropp'd with gold;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabbaaccbbbbbbddaaee
  • Stanza lengths: 22,
  • Metre: 1101110101 01011110001 01011101101 01001010101 11010010101 0101011101 1101010101 1101010101 1101011111 1010010101 1101010101 1101011101 1011010101 1101010101 11011101001 10101011101 1111011111 0101010101 1101011101 1101110101 1111011101 1101011111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 22

Repeated words/phrases

thee

Anaphora

the, and