Some Such Butterfly Be Seen
poem 541
Some Such Butterfly Be Seen - meaning Summary
Ephemeral Beauty, Transient Possession
This short poem observes fleeting beauty and the quickness of perception. Dickinson likens a brief, midday sighting of a Brazilian butterfly and a passing ‘‘spice’’ to moments that are vivid one instant and gone the next. The images emphasize transience and the tension between admiration and possession: things admired at night can become unfamiliar by morning, underlining how experience and ownership of beauty are momentary and unstable.
Read Complete AnalysesSome such Butterfly be seen On Brazilian Pampas Just at noon no later Sweet Then the License closes Some such Spice express and pass Subject to Your Plucking As the Stars You knew last Night Foreigners This Morning
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