"Glowing is her Bonnet," By Emily Dickinson [Analysis]

Glowing is her Bonnet,[1] Glowing is her Cheek,[2] Glowing is her Kirtle,[3] Yet she cannot speak.[4] Better as the Daisy[5] From the Summer hill[6] Vanish unrecorded[7] Save by tearful rill --[8] Save by loving sunrise[9] Looking for her face.[10] Save by feet unnumbered[11] Pausing at the place.[12]
Poem 72 [F106] "Glowing is her bonnet" Analysis by David Preest [Poem]

Ruth Miller suggests that the lady in the first stanza is departing autumn, who wears glowing colours of red so that none can fail to notice her departure. But it would be better, continues the poet, to slip off like the daisy, whose departure is unnoticed except by the birds with their tearful rills of song (or the tearful brook) and the passers by. As in poem 288, Emily thinks it better to be a 'Nobody' than a 'Somebody.' She also refers to the vanishing of the daisy in poem 28.
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