Apparently with no surprise
To any happy Flower
The Frost beheads it at its play--
In accidental power--
The blonde Assassin passes on--
The Sun proceeds unmoved
To measure off another Day
For an Approving God.
This poem is about nature and how death occurs in it daily. Personification is used throughout this poem to help the reader relate to the inanimate natural elements. The frost is personified as a "blonde Assassin" that "beheads" an innocent flower. This being said, the frost didn't mean to kill the flower. It accidentally killed the flower as it was running its natural course. Dickinson says that the sun is "unmoved." She means that the sun isn't emotionally moved by the flower's death. The flower's death is a part of nature's cycle that Dickinson claims is approved by God. This poem helps me to appreciate nature and life in general. It also helps me to accept nature for what it is. Nature is a cycle, and death is a part of it. Even if something or someone dies, the sun rises the next day.
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