Humming Bird Woman
Humming Bird Woman - meaning Summary
Wondering About Elusive Beauty
The speaker reflects on an irresistible curiosity about how a woman would look in bright, exotic colors despite failing to recall her actual features. The poem captures tension between memory's gaps and the imagination's desire to ornament or revive a fleeting presence. It frames the act of wondering as both playful and poignant, suggesting longing and the human impulse to re-create someone through fanciful visual images.
Read Complete AnalysesWHY should I be wondering How you would look in black velvet and yellow? in orange and green? I who cannot remember whether it was a dash of blue Or a whirr of red under your willow throat- Why do I wonder how you would look in humming-bird feathers?
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