Camellia admiration, perfection, nobility of reasoning, emblem of Alabama, U.S.A.
Camellia, pink longing for a man
Camellia, red you're a flame in my heart
Camellia, white loveliness, you're adorable, ideal love
Symbolism of a Camellia flower?
Loveliness, gratitude
Reply:depression and isolation
Reply:In Japanese literature the camellia flower symbolizes the samurai warrior, a professional soldier in feudal Japan who was charged with the task of defending his clan leader. Samurai, like the knights of Europe, often had short lives. The flower of the camellia plant also has a short life and after a few days falls to the earth in one piece, reminiscent of the fallen soldier. Bashõ had trained as a samurai until his samurai master and friend died unexpectedly at a young age. Bashõ begins the first line of his poem with a dramatic verb that sets a somber tone: falling. It is even more ominous because we do not know what is falling to the earth and this ambiguity strengthens the poem’s allegorical message. Instead of using the less formal word “ground” Bashõ chooses “earth,” perhaps to connote images of death and burial, as if the soldier is returning to the earth.-
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