Thy Fingers Make Early Flowers of
Thy Fingers Make Early Flowers of - meaning Summary
Ephemeral Celebration of Love
Cummings addresses a beloved, celebrating how her fingers, hair, feet and eyes transform ordinary moments into blossom-like beauty. The speaker repeatedly concedes love's brevity with the refrain "(though love be a day)", yet insists this transience intensifies desire rather than diminishes it. Kissing and physical closeness are presented as the poem's sustaining act, valuable enough that the speaker would welcome death if it ensured those embraces.
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