"I am a star fallen from the blue tent upon the green carpet. " Explain why the flower says so in the poem "Song of the flower " by Khalil Gibran.
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Recently, I was browsing around a thrift store with one of my very dear friends, we were trying to kill time before we met up with a friend for lunch. We were poking our heads in and out of the aisles, canoozing back and forth, when finally I found the book section. ( For I love the written word) Immideately a big (899 pages) dark blue book with gold engraving caught my eye. "The Treasured Writings of Kahlil Gibran".. I didnt really know who he was, and neither did the cashiers; but I decided that I would buy it because it looked like an adventure and smellt of dust and the past. A couple days later, I decided to open the book up and quickly browse it... I eventually set the book down a couple of hours later. Kahlil Gibran is the best writer I have ever read, he is an inspired poet. I have read many books and poems, but his writings, by far, are my favorite. He has a way of just speaking to your soul. I hope you have a chance to read him someday. He has also written another work called the Prophet, which I can't wait to get my hands on. He has a similiar writing style as Tao Ching, so if you enjoy Mr. Tao you will surely eat up Gibran. Anyways, hear is a story from Gibran that i very much enjoyed.
The Ambitious Violet
There was a beautiful and fragrant violet who lived placidly amongst her friends, and swayed happily amidst the other flowers in a solitary garden. One morning, as her crown was embellished with beads of dew, she lifted her head and looked about; she saw a tall and handsome rose standing proudly and reaching high into space, like a burning torch upon an emerald lamp.
The violet opened her blue lips and said, "What an unfortunate am I among these flowers, and how humble is the position I occupy in their presence! Nature has fashioned me to be short and poor.... I live very close to the earth and I cannot raise my head toward the blue sky, or turn my face to the sun, as the roses do."
And the rose heard her neighbor's words; she laughed and commented, "How strange is your talk! You are fortunate, and yet you cannot understand your fortune. Nature has bestowed upon you fragrance and beauty which she did not grant to any other... Cast aside your thoughts and be contended, and remember that he who humbles himself will be exalted, and he who exalts himself will be crushed."
The violet answered, "You are consoling me because you have that I craved.... You seek to embitter me with the meaning that you are great.... How painful is the preaching of the fortunate to the heart of the miserable! And how severe is the strong when he stands as advisor among the weak!"
And Nature heard the conversation of the violet and the rose; she approached and said, "What has happened to you, my daughter violet? You have been humble and sweet in all your deeds and words. Has greed entered your heart and numbed your senses?" In a pleading voice, the violet answered her, saying, "Oh great and merciful mother, full of love and sympathy, I beg you, with all my heart and soul, to grant my request and allow me to be a rose for one day."
Answer:
The flower says that it is a Star fallen from the sky to the earth.
Explanation:
Blue tent reffers to the sky and green carpet referrs to the green Earth.
stars shine at night even when the moon is absent .
The stars shining in the sky looks like scattered jasmine flowers.
this line is also a metaphor in the poem .
the flower personifies itself as a Star.