can I get the summary of the poem " Lotus"?
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In "The Lotus," the goddess of Love wants the goddess of flowers, Flora, to pick which one of all the flowers will be queen. Both the lily and rose are contenders, and factions emerge supporting either one, fighting against each other. By the end of the poem, Flora chooses to merge the colors of the lily and rose to create the lotus flower as queen. The lotus flower is known as a symbol of Hindu faith, and Toru uses it in her poem, combined with the Greek and Roman mythology, to mix the eastern and western sides of her identity.
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In Toru Dutt's poem, the speaker describes "Love" coming to "Flora" to hear her choice of which flower she thought should be named the "undisputed queen" of flowers. It seems that the rose and the lily had held that high regard for a long time. The "Bards of power/ Had sung their claims./ "The rose can never tower/ Like the pale lily with her Juno mien." As they discuss, the two "flower-factions" couldn't get away from the rose and the lily. They each decided that the "undisputed queen" must be "rose-red" and "lily-white." In the end, Flora gives the lotus, "rose-red" dyed,/ And "lily-white" — the queenliest flower that blows." The lotus flower is pink; the two sides have made a compromise.