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Poet: Emily Dickinson (Emily Dickinson Art)
Poem: 19.
A sepal, petal, and a thorn
Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
Year: Published/Written in 1955
Comment 6 of 6, added on July 4th, 2009 at 7:20 AM.
a sepal,petal and a thorn........2 soft and beautiful things like sepal and petal co-exist with the painful/struggle/the thorn...this the paradox of life......the summer image is idyllic...the dew is abundant..that is why she says flask...the bees are there for the sound...so is the breeze and the rustle of the word caper...a few lines but so much imagery...and she ends by saying she is a rose...as beautiful...as charming...as eternal.
uma nair from India
Comment 5 of 6, added on November 8th, 2007 at 4:20 PM.
This poem is about how the world sees her. She is nice to look at, but people are afraid to get too close least they prick themselves on her thorny exterior. She is alone, but not nesecarily unhappy about the situation.
Stacy from United States
Comment 4 of 6, added on January 24th, 2006 at 9:38 AM.
I FINALLY GET IT!!!
Cause most of her poams dont make sence but this 1 i get!!!! hurray 4 me
love ya all
NiColE
NiColE from United States
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a sepal,petal and a thorn........2 soft and beautiful things like sepal and petal co-exist with the painful/struggle/the thorn...this the paradox of life......the summer image is idyllic...the dew is abundant..that is why she says flask...the bees are there for the sound...so is the breeze and the rustle of the word caper...a few lines but so much imagery...and she ends by saying she is a rose...as beautiful...as charming...as eternal.
uma nair from India