Annotation: Violets & Musk-Rose, Keats' Ode to a Nightingale
Fast-fading violets cover'd up in leaves;
And mid-May's eldest child,
The coming musk-rose, full of dewy wine
Violets
Musk Rose, Photo © Stefi |
Musk Rose
- Flower meaning: Whimsical beauty or charming
- Has a musky aroma
- Believed to originate in the Himalayas
White Violets |
- Flower meaning: Delicate love, modesty, innocence, candor,
- Is the flower of Greece and appears in their mythology. Diana turned one of her nymphs into a violet to protect her modesty from Apollo
- Sometimes associate with death, for example Shakespeare's Ophelia "I would give you some violets, but they withered all when my father died."
Collection. "The Meaning of Roses." A Picture of Roses. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 June 2012. <http://www.apictureofroses.com/cms/home/meanings.htm>
"Meaning of Violet Flowers." Garden Guides, Your Guide to Everything Gardening. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 June 2012. <http://www.gardenguides.com/82340-meaning-violet-flowers.html>.
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