{"id":723,"date":"2021-09-16T00:32:48","date_gmt":"2021-09-16T04:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/403lit\/?p=723"},"modified":"2021-09-16T00:32:48","modified_gmt":"2021-09-16T04:32:48","slug":"love-and-innocence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/403lit\/2021\/09\/16\/love-and-innocence\/","title":{"rendered":"Love and Innocence"},"content":{"rendered":"

Field\u2019s poem \u201cPower in Silence\u201d has a <\/span>reoccurring motif about the importance of innocence, specifically focusing on the first and last stanzas.<\/span> In the first stanza, <\/span>the author is writing about her young lover.<\/span> The young woman is \u201c[her] girl\u201d<\/span>, a child<\/span>, someone<\/span> who does not have years of life experience<\/span> yet<\/span> to shape her person<\/span>. The girl is \u201cthe light\u201d, \u201cshe is the sapphire\u201d<\/span>, she \u201cputs the music in the pearl\u201d.<\/span> Here, pearl is a metaphor for life and the <\/span>author’s universe<\/span>.<\/span> The girl puts music\u2014brings excitement<\/span>, joy, comfort\u2014in the author\u2019s life. A pearl also represents purity and innocence<\/span>. By <\/span>putting music and <\/span>giving life to these values, Field de<\/span>ems <\/span>purity and innocence as <\/span>healthy, prospering, and important for years to come<\/span>.<\/span> The sapphire stone likewise represents prosperity, beauty, inner peace, innocence, and good health.<\/span> The girl is described as \u201croyal\u201d and \u201cjeweled\u201d, as are the values she <\/span>embodies. The final line in this stanza is that she puts \u201cthe music in the pearl\u201d, drawing the <\/span>most attention to t<\/span>he<\/span> figure of innocence<\/span> spread<\/span>ing refreshing<\/span> life and wellness in<\/span>to<\/span> the world.<\/span> In the final stanza of this poem, the motif about innocence is more upfront. Each line has at least one word<\/span> that is associated or a description of purity and innocence. Words like \u201cdove\u201d, <\/span>\u201cwings\u201d, \u201cwarm\u201d, and \u201cbird\u201d. The word \u201clight\u201d is also repeated.<\/span> A dove is white, which is the color of purity. Wings are fragile and angelic. Warmth is comforting.<\/span> Birds are dainty and <\/span>vulnerable. \u201cLove\u201d is the last word of this stanza, and<\/span> the\u00a0<\/span>\u201cPower in Silence\u201d poem, meaning that love <\/span>c<\/span>herishes\u00a0<\/span>all th<\/span>is purity and innocence.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Field\u2019s poem \u201cPower in Silence\u201d has a reoccurring motif about the importance of innocence, specifically focusing on the first and last stanzas. In the first stanza, the author is writing about her young lover. The young woman is \u201c[her] girl\u201d, a child, someone who does not have years of life experience yet to shape her … Continue reading Love and Innocence<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4453,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[145909],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2021-blog-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/403lit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/403lit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/403lit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/403lit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4453"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/403lit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/403lit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/403lit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/403lit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/403lit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}