A Moth the Hue of This
poem 841
A Moth the Hue of This - meaning Summary
Nature's Partiality to Small Things
The poem observes a small, vividly colored moth and uses that detail to shift perspective. The speaker suggests that what seems intensely red to us is diminished by nature’s broader scale and history. By comparing nature to a fond girl who collects trinkets, the poem personifies the natural world as partial to small objects, implying playful, selective attention rather than deliberate meaning. The result is a quiet meditation on scale and valuation: human intensity is relative, and nature’s casual preferences can make our strongest impressions seem slight.
Read Complete AnalysesA Moth the hue of this Haunts Candles in Brazil. Nature’s Experience would make Our Reddest Second pale. Nature is fond, I sometimes think, Of Trinkets, as a Girl.
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