tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post7098648182325481810..comments2024-03-29T00:07:13.458-07:00Comments on the prowling Bee: Flowers—Well—if anybodySusan Kornfeldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05384011972647144453noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-29160551144899158022024-02-28T22:53:52.087-08:002024-02-28T22:53:52.087-08:00I hate it when ED identifies herself as “Daisy”. W...I hate it when ED identifies herself as “Daisy”. What follows is an excerpt from “Wounded Deer” by Wendy K. Perriman.<br />Sylvia Henneberg (in “An Emily Dickinson Encyclopedia”) recognizing that “Daisy” appears in twenty-six poems written mostly around that late 1850s, comments how critics have:<br />argued that because the conceit of the daisy is informed by the myth of Apollo and Clytie (in which the latter transforms into a daisy or sunflower to prove her unwavering devotion to Apollo / Sol), the daisy represents a small, submissive, weak female who faces the power and condescension of a stronger male.<br />But this persona is a much more troubling choice. According to Roman mythology the daisy first appeared when “the nymph Belides escaped being raped by Vertumnus, god of orchards, by being transformed into a daisy.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-88638434688582914492022-08-19T10:09:42.483-07:002022-08-19T10:09:42.483-07:00I like the interpretation as the Petrarchan sonnet...I like the interpretation as the Petrarchan sonnet. However, I am still troubled by the last two lines. What is the literal aesthetic of butterflies? How is St Domingo part of that aesthetic? Is she then suggesting that her poetry’s aesthetics transcend her “conscious or analytical” aesthetic sense? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-79907129759950152582022-06-30T16:22:18.321-07:002022-06-30T16:22:18.321-07:00ED patterns F95, Flowers, as a Petrarchan sonnet w...ED patterns F95, Flowers, as a Petrarchan sonnet without traditional rime. <br /><br />The opening octave’s lines 1-4 ask: Can anyone explain the ecstasy of flowers, which give such joy but demand such effort and care?. Metaphorically, ED equates flowers and poems; both require labor to create, and both give joy to receptive admirers. Lines 5-8 reword the question at a deeper level: What is the wellspring of our willingness to grow flowers (and write poems) and of our capacity to enjoy them? To the solver of this riddle, ED will give all the daisies on the hillside (and all her poems).<br /><br />The sestet’s lines 9-10 (the volta) turn from the octave’s question to ED’s explanation that flowers (and poems) evoke intense feelings that overwhelm her. The sestet closes by repeating ED’s explanation at a deeper level: Flowers (and poems) are like angels from a revolutionary paradise; they possess powers of appreciation superior to hers.<br />Larry Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-49869482848257444162021-10-21T16:13:18.817-07:002021-10-21T16:13:18.817-07:00I think you are right equating this as a Master Po...I think you are right equating this as a Master Poem - a Rosetta Stone - to what is constantly churning inside this Belle of Amherst - Passion. She thinks about it,and writes about it a lot, and she is frightened of it a lot.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00725261030659667439noreply@blogger.com