When shoo, his flutterby,

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  • shoo: (dialect) she
  • Shu: ancient Egyptian god of the air → this line refers to Air, the third of the four Classical Elements; Earth and Fire are alluded to in the preceding lines, and Water in he following line
  • butterfly: Jespersen, Language 8.5: "flutterby for butterfly"
  • flutter: another evocation of air
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