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Friday,6January2012

ORCHIDS
ORCHIDS
Inthispoem,thewriterisabouttorelocateandissendinghermaterial
belongings
tolltheemptyspacesofherfuturelife.Onethingthatcannotbeboxedisthe
sentimentshefeelsfortheorchids.Theorchidsbelongtoheremotionaland
spiritualworld.ThepurplecolourisasymbolofthebloodofChristonthe
Cross.
Whatisevidentinthepoemisthatsomeexperiencesinlifecanneverbe
forgoen.Eventhoughyoumaywishtosuppressthem,likeastubbornorchid,
theybloomandblossom.

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Forthepoet,theorchidisaninspirationtothecreativeinstinct.Itsendsa
message,tellsastorythatreachespoeticdimensions.Eventhoughthepressed
orchidsbecomethinanddriedtransparency,shebelievesthattheystillarea
stimulusforpoeticthought.
Inthepoem,thematerialworldispiedagainsttheworldofnature.Theworld
ofnatureisconstantandeternal.
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1.Whatisthethemeofthepoem?
(a)relocatingtoanewhome
(b)nurturingasprayoforchids
(c)thepoetsimpressionoftheorchids

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2.Whatisthemoodofthepoem?
3.Fromwheredidthepoetgettheorchids?
4.Whateecthavethepurplepetalsonthepoet?
6.Whatwaspeculiarabouttheorchids?
7.(a)Explainthemeaningoftheirthindriedtransparency.
(b)Ofwhatvalueisthethindriedtransparencytothepoet?

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Anonymous 14January2013at14:42
Iwouldliketoknowabouttheliterarydevices.
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Anonymous 1May2013at14:17
howdidyouevenknowthatthepurplerepresentedthebloodofChristontheCross?
PleasereplyIneedtogetsomemeaningoutofthisDEEPpoem:)Thanksinadvance
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Anonymous 18May2014at17:25
ThispersonhasapointhowdoyouknowthatitsymbolisesJesus'blood
onthecross?
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Anonymous 23November2014at10:30
Itdoesntrepresentthebloodofchristitrepresentsthemilitarybadgefor
couragewhichispurple

Anonymous 24November2014at13:55
ThePurplerepresentsroyalty

Anonymous 9May2016at17:22
the purple represent the strength of the flower because similarly to a
purplemedaldatisgiventomeninthearmythatsurviveharshtreatment
sothereforeitactuallyshowsthattheflowersareresilient....in15btw

Anonymous 9May2016at17:29
sorryI'm
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Anonymous 4February2014at17:06
whowrotethepoem?
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ShaniqueThomas 13May2014at12:53
HazelSimmondsMcDonald
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MichaelMinott 15February2014at13:05
hazelsimmonsmcdonaldwrotethepoem
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Anonymous 12October2014at10:50
theeffectthepurplepetalshaveontheflowersisthatthepurplepetaldrawsuto
lookattheirpurpleheartbecausethepetalsarereallypretty
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princess 14January2015at16:08
idntrelleunderstanddispoem
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Anonymous 19June2016at14:06
Idontreallyunderstandthispoem
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Anonymous 21January2015at14:36
Ireallydon'tunderstand.EverywebsiteIcheckhasadifferentanalysisandmeaning
ofthispoem.Iguessit'sjustthewayyouinterpretit...
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Unknown 22September2015at18:29
Thisanalysisdoesnothelptoexaminethepoemproperly
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NataleeSingh 22September2015at18:30
Thisanalysisdoesnothelptoexaminethepoemproperly
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Anonymous 1October2015at21:01
The orchid is resilient as it survives even though she only watered it once. She
admiresitsresilienceandwantstokeepittoappreciateitsresilenceandbeauty.
AlotofpeopleareaskinghowdouknowthatthepurplepetalsrepresentedChrist's
blood,Ithinkitsjusthowthepersoninterpretedthepoem,itcanbeinterpretedin
differentways.
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anisha 12October2015at15:32
whatarethethemesforthispoem???
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Unknown 13January2016at03:05
whateffecthavethepurplepetalindicated
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Unknown 8April2016at17:00
Canihavethewordstothispoemplease?
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Kris 8May2016at11:06
whatliterarydevicesarefoundinorchids
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