This is an analysis of Butterfly by Radclyffe Hall.

Song
Butterfly, butterfly, where are you going?…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: a aXab ababX
  • Stanza lengths: 1,4,5,
  • Metre: 1 10110111110 100100001 10110110110 111101101 10110110010 100101111 1111001010 100110101 101101101
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 10

Repeated words/phrases

butterfly