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    This analysis discusses Emily Dickinson's poem "We should not mind so small a flower". It explains that the small flower referenced is a blue gentian that blooms in autumn and reminds the viewer of the sights and smells of summer in the garden. Through faith, the flower allows one to envision the eternal beauties of Paradise with images like bobolinks and dandelions gold.

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    This analysis discusses Emily Dickinson's poem "We should not mind so small a flower". It explains that the small flower referenced is a blue gentian that blooms in autumn and reminds the viewer of the sights and smells of summer in the garden. Through faith, the flower allows one to envision the eternal beauties of Paradise with images like bobolinks and dandelions gold.

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    Analysis: "We Should Not Mind So Small A Flower" by Emily Dickinson

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    This analysis discusses Emily Dickinson's poem "We should not mind so small a flower". It explains that the small flower referenced is a blue gentian that blooms in autumn and reminds the viewer of the sights and smells of summer in the garden. Through faith, the flower allows one to envision the eternal beauties of Paradise with images like bobolinks and dandelions gold.

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    "We should not mind so small a flower" By Emily Dickinson [Analysis]

    We should not mind so small a flower --[1] Except it quiet bring[2] Our little garden that we lost[3] Back to the Lawn again.[4] So spicy her Carnations nod --[5] So drunken, reel her Bees --[6] So silver steal a hundred flutes[7] From out a hundred trees --[8] That whoso sees this little flower[9] By faith may clear behold[10] The Bobolinks around the throne[11] And Dandelions gold.[12]
    Poem 81 [F82] "We should not mind so small a flower" Analysis by David Preest [Poem]

    Judith Farr (G) explains that 'so small a flower' is the blue gentian. We take notice of it because in its quiet way, when it blooms in the autumn, it reminds us of the spicy drunkenness of full summer which has now departed from the garden. More than that, it is a forerunner of the everlasting beauties of Paradise.
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