{"title":"Dickinson’s daisy/sun(set), Daoism, and Emerson","authors":"Yanbin Kang","doi":"10.1080/00144940.2021.1920357","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Regarding “The Daisy follows soft the Sun -” (Fr161), the interpretive energy has been invested upon formulating the love relationship between the daisy and the sun, describing her humbleness, faithfulness, and masochistic attachment, her transformation from subservience to assertiveness or her assertion in disguise of humility. From a combined perspective of Daoism and Ralph Waldo Emerson, this essay argues that this poem features the course of nature, the transcendent moment that gravitates within, and an impersonal love. The poem dramatizes a process of returning to quietude characterized by stillness, darkness, and serenity. The Emersonian vein is clearly evidenced in the daisy’s posture of “[Sitting] shyly” at night, returning to solitude, and finding a rest within an edifying sentiment. The daisy-sunset love echoes Emerson’s spiritual love which presupposes a non-possessive attitude. This strand of theme intersects with softening the light, an idea which is essential for a flourishing state of being and interaction.","PeriodicalId":42643,"journal":{"name":"EXPLICATOR","volume":"79 1","pages":"41 - 47"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2000,"publicationDate":"2021-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/00144940.2021.1920357","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"EXPLICATOR","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00144940.2021.1920357","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"0","JCRName":"LITERATURE","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract Regarding “The Daisy follows soft the Sun -” (Fr161), the interpretive energy has been invested upon formulating the love relationship between the daisy and the sun, describing her humbleness, faithfulness, and masochistic attachment, her transformation from subservience to assertiveness or her assertion in disguise of humility. From a combined perspective of Daoism and Ralph Waldo Emerson, this essay argues that this poem features the course of nature, the transcendent moment that gravitates within, and an impersonal love. The poem dramatizes a process of returning to quietude characterized by stillness, darkness, and serenity. The Emersonian vein is clearly evidenced in the daisy’s posture of “[Sitting] shyly” at night, returning to solitude, and finding a rest within an edifying sentiment. The daisy-sunset love echoes Emerson’s spiritual love which presupposes a non-possessive attitude. This strand of theme intersects with softening the light, an idea which is essential for a flourishing state of being and interaction.
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Concentrating on works that are frequently anthologized and studied in college classrooms, The Explicator, with its yearly index of titles, is a must for college and university libraries and teachers of literature. Text-based criticism thrives in The Explicator. One of few in its class, the journal publishes concise notes on passages of prose and poetry. Each issue contains between 25 and 30 notes on works of literature, ranging from ancient Greek and Roman times to our own, from throughout the world. Students rely on The Explicator for insight into works they are studying.
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