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Classic and Contemporary Poetry

THE EXAMPLE by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES

Poet Analysis

First Line: HERE'S AN EXAMPLE FROM A BUTTERFLY
Last Line: TO MAKE A STONE A FLOWER.
Subject(s): BUTTERFLIES; INSECTS; BUGS;
Here's an example from
A Butterfly;
That on a rough, hard rock
Happy can lie;
Friendless and all alone
On this unsweetened stone.

Now let my bed be hard,
No care take I;
I'll make my joy like this
Small Butterfly;
Whose happy heart has power
To make a stone a flower.



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