Iris
Iris - meaning Summary
Sudden Domestic Floral Revelation
The poem records a simple domestic moment: an unexpected iris arrives at breakfast and its presence becomes a small revelation. The speakers search for a sweet odor, initially failing to locate its source, until a vivid blue bloom, compared to the sea, suddenly announces itself among “trumpeting petals.” The poem focuses on sensory surprise and the way an ordinary household scene is transformed by color and scent.
Read Complete Analysesa burst of iris so that come down for breakfast we searched through the rooms for that sweetest odor and at first could not find its source then a blue as of the sea struck startling us from among those trumpeting petals
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