Literary Approach / Follow Up

Sonido

To A Butterfly

William Wordsworth

STAY near me do not take thy flight!
A little longer stay in sight!
Much converse do I find in thee,
Historian of my infancy!
Float near me; do not yet depart!
Dead times revive in thee:
Thou bring'st, gay creature as thou art!
A solemn image to my heart,
My father's family!

Oh! pleasant, pleasant were the days,
The time, when, in our childish plays,
My sister Emmeline and I
Together chased the butterfly!
A very hunter did I rush
Upon the prey: with leaps and springs
I followed on from brake to bush;
But she, God love her, feared to brush
The dust from off its wings.

Questions

In your own words explain the significance of the butterfly. Why do you think Wordsworth uses a butterfly?

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Follow up - Gap Fill

A. Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage with one of the words below.

Healthy / Chemicals / Uncovered / Healthier / Hormone / Volunteers / Pathways / Unhappy / Pressure / Colleagues