We Should Not Mind So Small a Flower
poem 81
We Should Not Mind So Small a Flower - meaning Summary
Small Flower, Vast Vision
The poem says a tiny flower can restore a lost sense of delight and reconnect us to broader nature and spiritual imagination. Dickinson suggests modest, sensory details — nodding carnations, busy bees, flute-like sounds in trees — lead the attentive viewer beyond the lawn. With faith, that small blossom reveals larger, almost heavenly scenes: bobolinks and golden dandelions, implying that close attention to the small opens perception to the sublime.
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