Analysis Of The Poem The Butterfly

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In the short poem, The Butterfly by Pavel Friedmann, the poem uses a butterfly to symbolize freedom. To illustrate this idea, the poet writes, “It went away I'm sure because it wished to kiss the world goodbye” (stanza 2). In this quote, the butterfly refers to it wanting to be free, rather than be living in a dismissive environment. It seems to me that the butterfly contributes to the mood of the poem, since the butterfly reveals a depressing emotion to one as a reader. Additionally, this makes the reader understand a lifeless and trapped world created in the ghettos which is impossible to find happiness within. For instance, in the text on stanza 4, it states, “That butterfly was the last one. Butterflies don't live in here, In the ghetto”.

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