Search results
Advice from a Caterpillar by Rachel Rooney. When I was egg, I too, clung onto leaf in shaded safety, hidden underside. And fastened by a pinprick of belief I dared to dream I was a butterfly. A hunger hatched. I ate the home I knew then inched along the disappearing green. In shedding every skin that I outgrew, became a hundred times the size I ...
- Celebrate
National Poetry Day is a UK-wide celebration of poetry,...
- Register
National Poetry Day is a Forward Arts Foundation initiative....
- Competitions
Enter your poem by midnight on the 16th November 2023 for a...
- Events
National Poetry Day Event Run Your Tongue feat. Tanatswa...
- Contact
National Poetry Day is a Forward Arts Foundation initiative....
- Sponsors and Supporters
National Poetry Day is supported by great literature and...
- Celebrate
Chapter V: Advice from a Caterpillar. The Caterpillar and Alice looked at each other for some time in silence: at last the Caterpillar took the hookah out of its mouth, and addressed her in a languid, sleepy voice. “Who are you?” said the Caterpillar. This was not an encouraging opening for a conversation.
Dec 3, 2014 · Advice from a Caterpillar. Author. Amy Gerstler. Publish Date. Dec. 3, 2014. Chew your way into a new world. Munch leaves. Molt. Rest.
The poem “Father William” (also known as “The Old Man’s Comforts”), by Robert Southey, is a didactic poem about the importance of living in moderation, and many Victorian children were required to memorize it. The Caterpillar proposes that Alice recite the poem to gauge how much she has changed.
She recites the poem, but it is not quite right. The Caterpillar says it is completely wrong. The Caterpillar acts like a kind of wise man or teacher, but the advice he gives is off-topic and hypocritical, or involves making Alice give her thoughts rather than providing any real insight of his own.
Alice, the main character, has gone into a strange world after she followed a rabbit down a hole. Alice spends a lot of time in this world becoming tiny and then growing very large. In this passage, a caterpillar has told Alice how she can make herself very tall or very small. She has followed the advice and made herself very, very tall.
In this passage, a caterpillar has told Alice how she can make herself very tall or very small. She has followed the advice and made herself very, very tall. Students will read the passage and answer comprehension questions.
