The Vault at Pfaff's

An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

The Butterfly and the Poet

Arnold, George. "The Butterfly and the Poet." New-York Saturday Press, December 11, 1860, 1.
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Type
newspaper
Genre
poetry
Abstract

The speaker uses the butterfly as a metaphor for the poet, equating a butterfly's desire for attractive, sweet-tasting flowers to a poet's lust for beautiful, good-natured women.

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