Peach Blossoms
Peach Blossoms - meaning Summary
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The poem records a sudden, overwhelming encounter with peach blossoms. The speaker is immersed in color and sound and observes another man’s spontaneous exclamation, "Christ, these are beautiful!" This reaction turns a natural scene into something almost religious, linking ordinary beauty with an involuntary sacred utterance. The poem focuses on wonder and the way plain experiences can prompt deep, wordless reverence.
Read Complete AnalysesWHAT cry of peach blossoms let loose on the air today I heard with my face thrown in the pink-white of it all? in the red whisper of it all? What man I heard saying: Christ, these are beautiful! And Christ and Christ was in his mouth, over these peach blossoms?
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