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1. Pick out from the first stanza, four expressions where the poet
pleads with the butterfly not to go away.
Ans :
(1) STAY near me
(2) do not take thy flight!
(3) A little longer stay in sight!
(4) Float near me; do not yet depart!
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2. Match the words/lines and their meaning.
|
Words/Lines |
Meaning |
|
(1) Do
not take thy flight |
(a)
reminder |
|
(2)
Much converse do I find in thee |
(b) I
want to talk to you about many things |
|
(3)
Historian of my infancy |
(c) Do
not fly away |
|
(4)
Dead time revive in thee |
(d) In
you, I see the time that has gone by |
Ans:
(1) Do not take thy flight - Do not fly away.
(2) Much converse do I find in thee - I want to talk to you about many
things.
(3) Historian of my infancy - reminder of my childhood days.
(4) Dead time revive in thee - In you, I see the time that has gone by.
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3. Say WHO –
(a) Reminds the poet of his childhood
Ans: Butterfly
(b) Is afraid to touch the butterfly
Ans: poet’s sister
(c) Is like a hunter
Ans: The poet
(d) Is the poet's sister
Ans: Emmeline
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4. Sometimes, the normal word order is changed in the lines of a poem,
to emphasise something or to make the lines sound better. This change in word
order is called 'inversion'. Can you find examples of inversion in this poem?
Write them down. Then rewrite the lines using regular word order and compare
the effect.
Example : A little longer stay in sight!
Stay in sight a liitle longer.
Ans.
(1) Much converse do I find in thee.
Regular word order : I do find much converse in thee.
(2) You bring'st, gay creature as thou art!
A Solemn image to my heart, My father's family!
Regular word order : As thou art gay ceature you brings a solemn image
of my father’s family to my heart!
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5. The rhyme scheme of the first stanza is a a b b c b
c c b.
Now write the rhyming words in the second stanza.
Note the words 'rush', 'bush', 'brush'. Their
spellings look similar, but the pronunciation of the words is different. It is
known as eye rhyme.
Find examples of 'eye rhymes' and true rhymes from
other sources.
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