Analysis of The Butterfly That Stamped
Rudyard Kipling 1865 (Mumbai) – 1936 (London)
There was never a Queen like Balkis,
From here to the wide world's end;
But Balkis talked to a butterfly
As you would talk to a friend.
There was never a King like Solomon
Not since the world began;
But Solomon talked to a butterfly
As a man would talk to a man.
She was Queen of Sabea--
And he was Asia's Lord--
But they both of 'em talked to butterflies
When they took their walks abroad!
Scheme | ABCB XDCD XXAX |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
Metre | 11100111 1110111 1111010 1111101 1110011100 110101 110011010 10111101 11111 011101 111111110 1111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 387 |
Words | 79 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 100 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 01, 2023
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