(2) : : The Rainbow
by Christina Rossetti
Boats sail on the rivers,
And ships sail on the seas;
But clouds that sail across the sky
Are prettier than these.
There are bridges on the rivers,
As pretty as you please;
But the bow that bridges heaven,
And overtops the trees,
And builds a road from earth to sky,
Is prettier far than these.
(3) : : Some Rainbow – coming from the Fair! : Emily Dickinson
Some Rainbow – coming from the Fair!
Some Vision of the World Cashmere –
I confidently see!
Or else a Peacock’s purple Train
Feather by feather – on the plain
Fritters itself away!
The dreamy Butterflies bestir!
Lethargic pools resume the whir
Of last year’s sundered tune!
From some old Fortress on the sun
Baronial Bees – march – one by one –
In murmuring platoon!
The Robins stand as thick today
As flakes of snow stood yesterday –
On fence – and Roof – and Twig!
The Orchis binds her feather on
For her old lover – Don the Sun!
Revisiting the Bog!
Without Commander! Countless! Still!
The Regiments of Wood and Hill
In bright detachment stand!
Behold! Whose Multitudes are these?
The children of whose turbaned seas –
Or what Circassian Land?
—- Emily Dickinson : : F162 (1860) 64 : : : :
(3) : : Emily Dickinson’s ” Some Rainbow – Coming From The Fair” is a lovely ‘Spring Poem’. Spring is going to a pleasing “fair !” full of food , color and joy , and then returning under the beneficiary of a beautiful rainbow or as she visualises ” Some Vision of the World Cashmere –
I confidently see!” : : The ‘Rainbow” has all embracing impact on a wider world of ‘Nature’. “Or else a Peacock’s purple Train
Feather by feather – on the plain
Fritters itself away!” : : The “p” alliterations (Peacock’s / purple / plain) and “f” alliterations (feather / feather / fritters) : in this 1 St Stanza , create the pleasing rhythm.; : : : The “Lethargic pools resume the whir”: that is instead of it’s earlier listlessness and inactivity due to deficiency of water and vegetations in winter , it resumes rapid motion on getting new water and with that make soft swishing sound of “whir(ring) on warm spring coming in. She portrays some creatire’s activities of spring in the 2 Nd Stanza : “The dreamy Butterflies bestir!”: ‘ becoming active!’ : : And “Baronial Bees – march – one by one –
In murmuring platoon!”: They have “arrived from some old Fortress of sun ☀️ march(ing) as a murmuring platoon” in a stately manner which looks impressive : “Baronial”: : dragon and damselflies ; kaydid and whirring grasshoppers , alongside (bumble) bees are such creatures as we know. In the 3 Rd Stanza : : “The Robins stand as thick today
As flakes of snow stood yesterday –
On fence – and Roof – and Twig!” : : The crystals of “A flakes of snow on fence,Roof and twig” lied in layers and layers ; similarly, The Robins stand thick in the springtime as plenty of food eatery is available. “The Orchis”, that is the Orchids having fleshy tubers and flowers in erect recemes ( elongate clusters of flowers along the main stem in which the flowers at the base open first ) “binds her feather on for her old lover — Don the sun! Revisiting the Bog !”: Here ,” The sun” is prefixed with a title “Don”of Spanish Noble Man for it’s respectful authority and powerful image. Sir Don The Sun ☀️ is invited to visit the wet “Bog”(land) : ( prospectively to dry off its soil and vegetations furthermore) : : : : In the 4 Th Stanza : : There are lines of “Hill” and “Wood” which look like a small Army of “The Regiments standing in bright detachment” but “Without it’s Commander ! ” to form it with rigid discipline, order and systematization. “Behold! Whose Multitudes are these?” She exclaims drawing attention (By a commanding word”Behold !”and asks whose ‘batallion’ ( “Multitude” ) : in a large number of gathering — “are these ?” : : But she is a Poetess and not a military Commander , so she softly asks again ” The children of whose turbaned seas –
Or what Circassian Land?” : : The answer could well be : ‘ The Turkish Tulip. Turkey was ‘tulip-ville’ long before Holland). “Circassian” Land ( Mountainous region of the Caucasus in central Eurasia, near Georgia and Turkey and the Black Sea , where mostly Sunni Muslims live and they speak a northern Caucasian / Circassian language ) : : Here , “The children of turbaned seas –
Or Circassian Land” could be “Turkish 🌷 Tulip” : : The Fragrant and the Most beautiful Tulips in the Wood and Hill are abundantly widespread with bright in various colours of vibrancy and in bewildered gathering of indisciplined fresh blooming Flowers : : See the Pictures HERE In BELOW :: The unusual flora and fauna of the foreign land from Kashmir to Caucasus have been portrayed with by Dickinson in her Spring Poem : : which starts with Rainbow as harbinger of Spring and Don the 🌞 Sun of which she is extremely joyful. : : : :
Bouquet Of Rainbow Poems: : By Walter De La Mare , Christina Rossetti , and Emily Dickinson : Information Appreciation and poem Analysis Presented by V Jayaraj Pune India September 8 , 2022 : : : :
MADHU MALTI 