Butterfly Flutterby

Poetry Commentary Butterfly Flutterby - Bella Ravenstar The butterfly was young Her vibrant wings of delicate lace Such grace such poise A charming butterfly The cricket was slick thicket Moving quick but swift Yet smart somewhat wise Proud of his chirp Hopping through the grass Butterfly fluttered by till upon a rose Spreading her wings a dainty show Slowly sipping sweet Hopping skipping Cricket saw Butterfly glanced The cricket saw butterfly The butterfly looked yonder Cricket hopped and chirped A jumpety crickety song Butterfly sighed And rolled her eyes Cricket hopped closer Butterfly laughed Silly cricket trying hard Butterfly cared less Poor cricket hopped and hopped Butterfly sipping nectar sweet Cricket sang softer sweeter Butterfly stopped A song so sweet Too lovely than nectar Cricket hopped upon a rose Butterfly jumped

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Poetry Commentary Almost to fly away Cricket song too lovely to fly away Butterfly in a trance Fluttering her wings lovely Too charming Too tempting Cricket sang Butterfly in a spell Too late to break Lovers forever Strange couple though Yet lovely Yet happy Suave cricket, Princess Butterfly Flutterby, flutterby.......

Butterfly Flutterby is an endearing poem written by Bella Ravenstar that

narrates the love story of a cricket and a butterfly. The intention of the poem is not only to describe the butterflys encounter with the cricket but it is used as an example to demonstrate a scenario of two strangers (the cricket and butterfly) from different worlds being able to fall in love by chance of meeting each other. There is an evident meaning behind this poem and it is of unfamiliar love. As I read through the poem, butterflies started to form in my stomach. Such a simple yet sweet poem can affect ones feelings and emotions after reading this poem. The poem was written about a butterfly and cricket falling in love, which may seem strange as they are two different types of insects. It is about the cricket attempting to impress the butterfly but only makes a fool of himself but in the end he wins the heart of the butterfly because of his sweet serenading. From reading this poem repetitively and trying to understand it (poem needs more than one read to understand fully), I have come to the conclusion that the message I have acquired from this poem is that even if you are from two completely different worlds, you can still fall in love, as it is the strongest force on earth.

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Poetry Commentary This poem is exquisite and enchanting in creating the predominant emotion of love throughout the poem. From first line of the poem, you are captured by the simplicity of it, The butterfly was young, this line allows the readers mind to wonder and continue reading on as the next line follows. The poet seeks to evoke a sense of warmth and fondness in the reader and as reading the poem, it is inevitable that the cricket and the butterfly have a greater significance behind who or what they represent. The poem is of an unusual structure compared to other poems as it does not have any stanzas but instead has 48 lines additionally without any grammatical features. The lines of the poem alternate between sentences referring to the butterfly and to the cricket. The poem starts with 4 lines describing the character of the butterfly and following is 5 lines describing the persona of the cricket and his behaviour. The next lines of the poem are of both the butterfly and crickets reaction as they become aware of each other. From the 14th line onwards to the 29th line of the poem, each line begins with the subject (cricket or butterfly) usually followed by the opposing subjects reaction. Therefore each previous line with the action is followed by a reaction line, for example, Cricket saw is followed by Butterfly glanced and The cricket saw... which is followed by The butterfly looked. The lack of stanza and grammatical features makes the poem slightly difficult to follow but is effective as the simplicity of the poem grabs the attention of the reader. Even though the poem is written with great simplicity, it requires a second reading to understand the full depth of the poem. The poet has included no grammatical features throughout the poem and has an irregular sentence structure for each line of the poem. The only example of grammar used is in the last line of the poem, Flutterby, flutterby., which is a great conclusion to the poem. The language used by the poet throughout this poem is simple making the poem clearer. Although the language of this poem is simple, the simplicity of the sentences (including only two to four words per line) also has a striking affect on the meaning of the sentence. The words used at easy yet very

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Poetry Commentary effective as it promptly creates a picture in the readers mind. For example these lines Butterfly in a trance, and Butterfly in a spell, although they are short, simple line, it allows the readers to imagine how else the line can mean. The poet could have used proper grammar and more elaborate sentences, but instead preferred short and simple sentences creating an overall appropriateness to the poem and the poems theme. While the language is simple, intricate words applied generate a unique ambiance to the meaning of the line. For example, Suave cricket, Princess butterfly, this line especially, creates a strong character of the subject with only adding a word before the subject to describe it. There are no striking examples of imagery or movement in this poem as it has a scarce variety of poetic device. Although poetic devices used sparingly, alliteration is evident example of a poetic device incorporated in this poem. Examples include, Slowly sipping sweet, sang softer sweeter and ...song so sweet. The alliteration used builds up more meaning than if it were used in a sentence as the poem uses lines of words. The poet also uses two brief instances of onomatopoeia in this poem. It is used in the title of the poem Butterfly Flutterby which is connected to the last line of the poem Flutterby, Flutterby.. Repetition is also a poetic device used in this poem; the words used for the repetition augment more tone to the phrase/line. For example, Such grace such poise, Too charming followed by Too tempting. The first example sets a greater emphasis on grace and poise, which are two words, that by itself have great meaning and the such gives it more drama. In conclusion, I indubitably enjoyed this poem and the feeling I was able to take away from the poem. I thought I was able to relate to the poem, as it was easier to comprehend not only for the simple wording but also I was able to relate to the theme of the poem. This poem was written with such simplicity on purpose in order to evoke the message of love that the poem had and created. Bella Ravenstar wrote a fine poem in narrating a love story

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Poetry Commentary within a story. There was also a hidden story (own meaning of the cricket and butterfly) in the poem that the readers were to find by themselves. The poem had a tremendous significance as I read the poem, as I was able to relate to my version of the hidden story with this endearing poem.

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