SONGS OF THE FLOWER
Gibran’s “Song of the Flower” incorporates several themes that include optimism, life, living in the present, objectivity, spirituality, and, most importantly, nature. This poem is about an innocent flower describing its journey from the beginning to the end. It describes how it lives to the fullest by becoming an integral part of nature, enjoying each moment of its short life.
The poet says that the flower is born out of Nature’s kindness. It is made from kind words repeated by Nature. Here, the speaker tries to indicate that the flower’s life is just another verse in nature’s everlasting, eternal song. The flower likens itself to a star that fell from the blue sky onto the green grass. The birth of the flower is described most romantically. It is not the “daughter” of only mother Nature. The season of Winter, along with Spring, Summer, and Autumn, rears the flower with affection and care, like foster mothers.
This particular flower’s seed was first sown in the winter. It was born in spring and flourished during summer. Finally, it “slept” in autumn. The flower sleeps in autumn, meaning it will be born again in the coming spring. There is no death for the flower as it will rise again and charm the world with thousands of colors. In this way, Gibran tenderly captures the flower’s life cycle in the first stanza.
