It is a prose poem written by the Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore.
"The World of Flowers" is selected from "New Moon Collection", which is Tagore's famous collection of children's prose poems and the first of his many prose poems.
The original text of the poem is as follows:
When thunderclouds roar in the sky and June showers fall,
The moistening east wind passes through the wilderness, The flute was playing in the bamboo forest.
So groups of flowers suddenly ran out from unknown places, dancing and carnivaling on the green grass.
Mom, I really think those flowers go to school underground.
They are doing their homework behind closed doors.
If they want to come out to play before school, their teacher will make them stand in the corner.
As soon as the rain comes, they take a holiday.
The branches touched each other in the forest, the green leaves rustled in the strong wind, and the thunderclouds clapped their hands.
At this time, the flower children rushed out wearing purple, yellow, and white clothes.
Did you know, mom, their home is in the sky, where the stars live.
Don’t you see how anxious they are to get there? Don't you know why they are in such a hurry?
I can naturally guess who they are raising their arms to. They also have their mothers, just like I have my mother.
Extended information
Creative background: This poem was published in 1886. At that time, Rabindranath Tagore was in his prime and was enjoying the spring breeze. His first daughter had just been born and he continued to achieve success in his career. A warm family and a bright future make the young poet happy both physically and mentally. It was against this background that he wrote this famous collection of poems. After the collection of poems came out, Tagore was also known as the "children's poet".
The poem focuses on depicting innocent and lovely children. The poet is dedicated to praising the most precious thing in human life, innocence. With his genius, he created a batch of angelic children's artistic images that are both spiritual and physical, shining and depicting children's desire for freedom. The whole poem uses personification to write about the flowers as children, and uses the tone of children confiding to their mothers to show us a group of lively, innocent and longing for freedom.
According to children's thinking, the poet uses smart language, bright style and magnificent associations to depict children's various moving moods and whimsical thoughts, which is breathtaking. In this poem, "flower-child-poet" are inseparable and inseparable. The charm of poetry comes from the childlike innocence of the poet and the rich imagination of the child.
The poem helps to express the innocence of children and the touching maternal love. The innocent child used the flowers to express his feelings, which was so sincere and so "blurted out". When he said, "It's like I have my own mother," we can even imagine their smiling faces and proud postures.