"She was stretched on her back beneath the pear tree soaking in the alto chant of the visiting bees, the gold of the sun and the panting breath of the breeze when the inaudible voice of it all came to her. She saw a dust-bearing bee sink into the sanctum of a bloom; the thousand sister-calyxes arch to meet the love embrace and the ecstatic shiver of the tree form root to tiniest branch creaming in every blossom and frothing with delight. So this was a marriage! She had been summoned to behold a revelation. Then Janie felt a pain remorseless sweet that left her limp and languid"
~how is a bee getting nectar related to getting married?
~metaphoric with nature and marriage?
~very descriptive in the first sentence, not too vague like the first paragraph in chapter 1
~bee, flower, and tree as symbol of matrimony?
~why so descriptive of the bee going into the flower?
~some foreshadowing of weddings?
~Janie isn't referred till the last sentence
~relaxed, calm writing
~some passion?
~lots of "B" words: bee, breeze, bearing, bloom. ect
~paragraph shows Janie innocence?
~bees could be a symbol of people
~strong emotions shown throughout paragraph
~tree could show Janie branching out
~who summoned her to behold the revelation?
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