Poetry quotes and themes

The Wild Iris

anchoring sentence: whatever returns from oblivion returns to find a voice

extra quotes: at the end of my suffering there was a door.

extra quotes: The weak sun flickered over the dry surface.

main message and meaning: the cyclical nature of life of the flowers, encapsulates the the consciousness and soul that they experience, but how it is a reflection of the human experience. Encapsulates a lot of the collections messaging about souls and referencer to the isolation from the creator. —> “weak sun”

Matins I “The sun shines”

anchor quote “Noah say this is an error of depressives”

other key quotes: “being depressed, yes, but in a sense passionately attached to the living tree”

“imbalance between the inner and the outer world”

“whereas the happy heart wanders the garden like a falling leaf”

key notes:

• first matins poem, deeply personal, we learn about her son, her struggles in maintaining close relationships, and her depresison.

• introduces her depression in an almost coloquial way

• establishes the idea of her depression being rooted to her being

matins II

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trillium

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