To a Butterfly - William Wordsworth Full Poem With Theme

To a Butterfly

I've watched you now a full half-hour;

Self-poised upon that yellow flower

And, little Butterfly! indeed

I know not if you sleep or feed.

How motionless!--not frozen seas

More motionless! and then

What joy awaits you, when the breeze

Hath found you out among the trees,

And calls you forth again!

This plot of orchard-ground is ours;

My trees they are, my Sister's flowers;

Here rest your wings when they are weary;

Here lodge as in a sanctuary!

Come often to us, fear no wrong;

Sit near us on the bough!

We'll talk of sunshine and of song,

And summer days, when we were young;

Sweet childish days, that were as long

As twenty days are now.

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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.

 

   - William Wordsworth

Theme:

In the poem "To a Butterfly" the poet concentrate on the beauty, harmony, stillness and calmness behaviour of a Butterfly. In the poem, the poet seems to communicate with Butterfly. Also in the poem, the poet experiences a great emotion and calmness while gazing at the Butterfly. In the poem, the poet depicts the butterfly as a small but attractive and harmless creature. The poem depicts the scene of nature and brings a circle of the natural world.