layer of meaning to the poem. ‘Touch-me-not’ seems an appropriate choice for the reclusive and elusive Dickinson.
saying that nothing or no one could match the particular yellow of a buttercup or the vivid green of its leaves and stem: ‘Never a Fellow matched this Topaz –/ And his Emerald Swing –’. She uses hyperbole in a humorous and effective way when she claims that such a ‘treasure’ would even be an appropriate dowry or a gift for one of the richest men that ever lived: ‘Dower itself – for Bobadilo –/ Better – Could I bring?’ This poem can be interpreted as being about giving yourself wholly to another person, mind, body and soul. Dickinson, a petite and unassuming woman, has found the perfect symbol for herself – ‘this little Blaze/ Flickering to itself – in the Meadow’.