Blazing in Gold and Quenching in Purple
poem 228
Blazing in Gold and Quenching in Purple - meaning Summary
Day as a Performing Juggler
The poem presents sunset as a theatrical, bodily presence that performs briefly and then disappears. Images of gold and purple, leaping leopards, and gestures like kissing a bonnet convey brilliant color and lively motion. The horizon, meadow, and barn receive the sun’s final touches before it withdraws. The closing phrase names the sun a "Juggler of Day," suggesting both skillful display and inevitable disappearance. Overall it offers a compact meditation on spectacle, transience, and the everyday drama of nature’s cycles.
Read Complete AnalysesBlazing in Gold and quenching in Purple Leaping like Leopards to the Sky Then at the feet of the old Horizon Laying her spotted Face to die Stooping as low as the Otter’s Window Touching the Roof and tinting the Barn Kissing her Bonnet to the Meadow And the Juggler of Day is gone
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