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
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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Rudyard Kipling

Joseph Rudyard Kipling was an English short-story writer, poet, and novelist chiefly remembered for his tales and poems of British soldiers in India and his tales for children. more…

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