My English Coursebook Std 9 Guide Chapter 3.3 To a Butterfly Textbook Questions and Answers
Warming up:
Chit-chat:
- What games did you play when you were a small child – in pre-primary or primary school?
- Who were your playmates?
- What do you remember best from that time?
Short Poems
Question 1.
Use the following formats to write your own poems.
noun
noun + verb
noun + verb + adverb
determiner/adjective + noun + verb + adverb
exclamation
noun + verb
If necessary, the teacher should revise the parts of speech mentioned the activity and write plenty of examples of each on the blackboard.
adjective 1
adjective 2
adjective 3
adjective 4
adjective 5
noun
verb
verb + adverb
verb + adverb + adverb
noun + verb + adverb + adverb
determiner/adjective + noun + verb + adverb + adverb
question (simple/rhetorical)
English Workshop:
Question 1.
Pick out from the first stanza, four expressions where the poet pleads with the butterfly not to go away:
Answer:
- STAY near me
- do not take thy flight!
- A little longer stay in sight!
- Float near me do not yet depart!
Question 2.
Match the words/lines and their meaning:
| Words/Lines | Meaning |
| 1. Do not take thy flight | (a) reminder of my childhood days |
| 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 | c I rushed upon the prey (butterfly) |
| 5. A very hunter did I rush upon the prey | (e) In you, I see the time that has gone by |
Answer:
| Words/Lines | Meaning |
| 1. Do not take thy flight | (c) Do not fly away |
| 2. Much converse do I find in thee | (b) I want to talk to you about many things |
| 3. Historian of my infancy | (a) reminder of my childhood days |
| 4. Dead time revive in thee | (e) In you, I see the time that has gone by |
| 5. A very hunter did I rush upon the prey | (e) I rushed upon the prey (butterfly) |
3. Say WHO.
Question 1.
Say WHO.
Answer:
(a) Reminds the poet of his – butterfly childhood
(b) Is afraid to touch the butterfly – Poet’s sister
(c) Is like a hunter – the poet
(d) Is the poet’s sister – Emmeline
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’.
Question 1.
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.
Answer:
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 creature you bringst a solemn image (of) my father’s family to my heart!
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.
Question 1.
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.
Answer:
- flight – sight,
- depart – art – heart,
- days – plays,
- I – butterfly,
- rush – brush,
- springs – wings
My English Coursebook 9th Class Solutions Chapter 3.3 To a Butterfly Additional Important Questions and Answers
Simple Factual Activities:
Question 1.
Is the poet a grown-up person or a child?
Answer:
The poet is a grown-up person.
Poetic device Activities:
Question 1.
Write old English words used in the poem:
Answer:
Thy, thee, bring’st, thou, art.
Appreciation of Poem:
1. Title: ‘To a Butterfly’.
2. Poet: William Wordsworth.
3. Theme/Central Idea: The speaker of the poem (here, the poet himself) is a grown-up person who looks back to his childhood days. The sight of a butterfly reminds him of the pleasant childhood days he spent together with his sister chasing butterflies on the countryside. This is the theme of the poem.
4. Rhyme Scheme: The rhyme scheme of the first stanza is: aabbcbccb. The rhyme scheme of the second stanza is: aabbcacca
5. Figure of Speech: Inversion, Tautology.
6. Special Features: This poem is a lyric. A lyric poem expresses the mood or emotion of a single speaker. Here the poet himself, looks back to his childhood days with great fondness. The sight of a butterfly reminds him of the pleasant childhood days he spent with his sister chasing butterflies on the countryside.
7. Favourite Lines:
- Stay near me-do not take they flight.
A Little longer stay in sight. - Dead times review in thee.
8. Why I like the poem: I like this poem for its simplicity. The happy days of childhood are portrayed here with great effect in a few lines.
Short Poems
Question 1.
Use your own ideas, words to write your own poems:
Examples:
1. Rolling, roaring deep blue sea
We always long to visit and see.
2. Playing and laughing,
Heedless of everything,
We pass our childhood days,
Like colourful morning rays.