I need an analysis of the words for, "Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal"...?

Question

I get the major idea, but I would like a more detailed analysis on the words of this poem by Lord Tennyson. I can't seem to find anything around the net with more than just the words.

Any ideas? Or other sources I could find this from?

Thanks. =)

Answer 1

Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809-1892)

The Princess: Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal

Now sleeps the crimson petal, now the white;

Nor waves the cypress in the palace walk;

Nor winks the gold fin in the porphyry font:

The fire-fly wakens: waken thou with me.

Now droops the milk-white peacock like a ghost,

And like a ghost she glimmers on to me.

Now lies the earth all Danaë to the stars,

And all thy heart lies open unto me.

Now slides the silent meteor on, and leaves

A shining furrow, as thy thoughts in me.

Now folds the lily all her sweetness up,

And slips into the bosom of the lake:

So fold thyself, my dearest, thou, and slip

Into my bosom and be lost in me.

This is a poem on love. This poem abounds with metaphors and personifications. The title of the poem is ' The Princess : Now sleeps the Crimson Petal '. let us remember what the Burns says in his famous poem in the first line, ' Oh, my luve's like a red red rose.' Thus here when the poet says, the above phrase or quote, the poet personifies in  metaphoricall form; he identifies his sleeping Princess with thecrimsonn petal of a red rose. is this love for an ideal love or is it  a paternal love is at times difficult to grasp.n He sees his love as a white peacock, and now like a meteor, and then like Danae the mother of Perseus.