Flowers — Well — if anybody
Can the ecstasy define —
Half a transport — half a trouble —
With which flowers humble men:
Anybody find the fountain
From which floods so contra flow —
I will give him all the Daisies
Which upon the hillside blow.

Too much pathos in their faces
For a simple breast like mine —
Butterflies from St. Domingo
Cruising round the purple line —
Have a system of aesthetics —
Far superior to mine.

Analysis, meaning and summary of Emily Dickinson's poem Flowers — Well — if anybody

1 Comment

  1. shimon weinroth says:

    dickinson is quite correct when asking ” can the ecstasy define” ecsatasy can be quantified but too difficult to define therein lies the magic of emotions
    shimon weinroth

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