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"Tuft of Flowers" by Robert Frost

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Niamh Robinson

Transcript

Lines 11 - 19

  • In the face of this disillusionment a butterfly appears
  • The speaker views him as bewildered / confused
  • The speaker believes the butterfly is looking for a flower from the previous day

Lines 31 - 43

Lines 1 - 10

Lines 11 - 19

  • The flowers inspire the speaker to reflect differently upon his circumstances
  • He now hears the "wakening birds around"
  • He hears the soft sound of the scythe as of he is with the mower in the field
  • The speaker believes the butterfly is looking for a particular flower
  • The butterfly appears to be looking for a particular flower it rested upon the previous day however the memory has "grown dim o'er night"
  • The speaker observes the butterfly circle a patch of ground where a particular flower lies "withering on the ground
  • The butterfly flies off, to return excitedly "on tremulous wing" to where the speaker stands
  • The butterfly's actions fill the speaker with wonder "of questions that have no reply"

Lines 31 - 42

  • The speaker has come to a field "to turn the grass"
  • The grass has been cut by another "before the sun" using a scythe
  • The grass was wet with due which made the blade "so keen"
  • The grass is wet and in piles
  • The speaker is to turn the grass to dry it.

Lines 31 - 42

  • The speaker's understanding of man's condition as one of solitude has now changed.
  • He sees that even though they work "apart" they complete their work together
  • The speaker now identifies with the mower; a kindred spirit
  • The flowers were spared by the mower out of his appreciation for them
  • The speaker shares this appreciation
  • The speaker no longer feels alone
  • He realises that he and the mower work together and identifies his presence as he works the field turning the grass and "glad with him, I worked as with his aid"

Lines 20 - 30

Lines 1 - 10

  • The speaker is left feeling dejected
  • Resided to the fact that he must work alone
  • the speaker searches for the individual who cut the grass
  • He looks behind an "isle" of trees
  • He listens for the sharpening of a blade on a whet stone
  • The speaker realises that he must work alone - "All must be"
  • The butterfly distracts the speaker from his work as it moves in the direction of "a tall tuft of flowers beside a brook" exposed by the other who cut down the grass
  • The speaker's eye is drawn to these flowers as they stand out dramatically in a field that has been levelled by the scythe.
  • The flowers have been spared

Lines 20 - 30

  • The speaker believes that the mower left the flowers as they had brought him joy when he was working alone that morning "from sheer morning gladness at the brim"
  • The speaker moves to the flowers which he identifies as "butterlfy weed"
  • The speaker believes these flowers were left "to flourish" because he who cut the grass "loved them"

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