I dreamed that I was a rose
That grew beside a lonely way,
Close by a path none ever chose,
And there I lingered day by day.
Beneath the sunshine and the show’r
I grew and waited there apart,
Gathering perfume hour by hour,
And storing it within my heart,
Yet, never knew,
Just why I waited there and grew.
I dreamed that you were a bee
That one day gaily flew along,
You came across the hedge to me,
And sang a soft, love-burdened song.
You brushed my petals with a kiss,
I woke to gladness with a start,
And yielded up to you in bliss
The treasured fragrance of my heart;
And then I knew
That I had waited there for you.
The author uses a soft tone and uses good word choice such as, lingered, love-burdened, and yielded to show a certain affection and connection. You can interpret that the author had a great love but maybe lost them and now is trying to cope with being lonely. He writes about being a “flower” that you’d touch. The title is “the awakening” and I think that the author chose that because he s maybe realizing she is gone or maybe he is looking down on her and becoming what she see’s.
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