Pigmy Seraphs Gone Astray
poem 138
Pigmy Seraphs Gone Astray - meaning Summary
Nature Over Nobility
Dickinson celebrates simple, natural beauty and personal preference for modest charm over social rank. She likens a beloved or feminine figure to small seraphs, velvet people, and a damask maid amid briars and leaves, valuing that intimate, floral splendour above aristocratic titles. The speaker rejects nobility in favor of dwelling with and wearing the grace of this natural presence, finding sufficient sovereignty in commanding even a bumblebee.
Read Complete AnalysesPigmy seraphs gone astray Velvet people from Vevay Balles from some lost summer day Bees exclusive Coterie Paris could not lay the fold Belted down with Emerald Venice could not show a check Of a tint so lustrous meek Never such an Ambuscade As of briar and leaf displayed For my little damask maid I had rather wear her grace Than an Earl’s distinguished face I had rather dwell like her Than be Duke of Exeter Royalty enough for me To subdue the Bumblebee.
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