tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post5871475511753707210..comments2024-03-28T18:48:28.471-07:00Comments on the prowling Bee: She slept beneath a tree—Susan Kornfeldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05384011972647144453noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-33923684291242428842022-08-08T07:11:08.416-07:002022-08-08T07:11:08.416-07:00ED gives us lots of hints but gives them slant. Li...ED gives us lots of hints but gives them slant. Line 1 tells us that the mystery thing sleeps beneath a tree, so Susan’s guess of a corpse or dormant plant is a good start, but then Line 2 adds that only the speaker knows the location, which rules out a graveyard or a domestic perennial beneath a tree in a yard. Lines 3-4 also support the dormant plant hypothesis because the speaker would avoid stepping on a grave. Finally, we learn the flower has a carmine flower. Hmmm, a perennial plant that grows beneath a tree but not a domestic plant.<br /><br />Many years of wandering in eastern woods suggest two possibilities. If the soil is usually moist, such as a low forest near a creek, it’s probably a cardinal flower, Lobelia cardinalis, a crimson-flowered species in the bellflower family that is a relatively common in Massachusetts. If the soil is usually dry, such as a rocky slope with scattered trees, it may be a fire pink, Silene virginica, a wildflower also common in eastern US forests and known for its brilliant red flowers.<br />Larry Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02810899482852120751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-47498373378150498132022-08-07T19:33:17.354-07:002022-08-07T19:33:17.354-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Larry Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02810899482852120751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-19453163745584524102017-12-09T03:43:43.896-08:002017-12-09T03:43:43.896-08:00Yes, thank you. Yes, thank you. Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14339957833418131602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-18272650471553404022017-07-22T22:19:08.891-07:002017-07-22T22:19:08.891-07:00very illuminating interpretationvery illuminating interpretationcorc1130https://www.blogger.com/profile/06331358932073419476noreply@blogger.com