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Readers of the Blog, I have read the poem, Unfolding Bud by Naoshi Koriyama. What I believe the meaning of this poem to be is that, it compares the water-lily, taking on new colors and dimension as time goes on, to a poem, which you get more and more understanding from it as you read it again and again. I know this because the poem says, "One is not amazed, at a first glance, by a poem," just like one would not be amazed at a water-lily who had not unfolded. Also the poem says "Yet one is surprised, To see the poem, Gradually unfolding, Revealing its rich inner self," just as the water-lily gets more and more richer, as it unfolds.
The idea i have derived after reading d poem is that with the passing of time one can florish his innerself to the best of his capacity;but he should be a man with patience and he must have a conviction to reach his desired destination. It is just as a lily unfolds its colourful patels. Similarly, a poem too takes time to have wide range of readers as voteries.
I just read the poem “Unfolding Bud.” My initial response to this poem was that it had a perspective to reading poetry that was not only creative, but also extremely insightful. The author compared reading poetry to watching a water lily bud bloom. They said one at first glance views the poem as a tightly closed, uninteresting bud, but then is amazed at how much more the poem reveals itself as it “unfolds”, as the reader reads it again and again. To me, this was extremely creative and struck me as a very well written poem with an unseen depth to it.
Hello again bloggers, The poem, "Unfolding Bud" is a poem I just read. At first I didn't really get it so I had to read it again, but know I have a good sense to what it means. Okay so in the beginning it talks about how people are amazed by a water-lily bud and it taking on a richer color and dimension everyday. And then it goes on and says one is NOT amazed by a poem at a first glance,however one is yet surprised to see the poem gradually "unfolding" revealing it's rich inner self as one reads it over and over again. Which is just what I had to do with this poem. What a coincidence Courtneyyy ❤
This poem was particularly simple but describes a lot. The poet compares a water-lily bud to a poem. At first glance, a person may not be amazed by a poem or water-lily bud but once you look over it multiple times it begins to transform. You may interpret the poem as something but then, later on, your interpretation may change, like a water-lily does over time. I think that the poet used an effective comparison that illustrates his poem very well.
The poem “Unfolding Bud” has a simple and clear message. Through the eyes of Naoshi Koriyama, poetry is overlooked and seen as something it is not. People see it as boring, dull, plain, and gray. One would rather gaze at the seeing beauty and have something real and in front of them rather then ramble through words to get the picture. However, once one opens their minds up and reads a poem, the picture will be right in front of them just as an object they can hold and examine. Beauty can be contained in a page of words. And just as one may hang a picture they happen to enjoy gazing at endlessly, somebody may also hold the poem dearly and read it again and again. So give poetry a chance and don’t judge a book by it’s cover.
I have just read the poem, "Unfolding Bud" by Naoshi Koriyama. In this poem I believe the meaning behind it is poetry is much like a water-lily bud. It is formed tight closed as a tiny bud much like a water-lily bud and blooms to something bigger. However, most people are amazed by the beautiful bud of a water-lily and how it blooms so fast, but when people look at poetry that's not the first thing that they see. Yet, it is surprising to people how gradual a poem "unfolds" when you read it over and over again, and it too reveals something beautiful. So, pretty much I think it means that poetry takes much more in depth understanding than a water-lily bud which can be taken for granted, but it can turn into something just as beautiful.
Hello my fellow Bloggers. I got done reading "Unfolding Bud" by Naoshi Koriyama. I read this poem and I think it's saying that every living thing has it's day in life. This poem is talking about a water-lily unfolding and gaining colors each day. But at first sight, you might not see much except for a tiny bud. But, the bud starts to unravel and shows the world it's rich inner self. What the poem was saying was, Patience is a huge price to pay for your special day. - Jonathan
Hey guys, I think this poem is talking about how a person would respond differently to different type of people. Meaning that the water-lily bud and the poem symbolize people (at least, they do to me.) Some people are more fond of those who are not closed minded and open about trying new things. It says in the second stanza of the poem "One is not amazed at first glance by a poem, which is as tight-closed as a tiny bud" Which to me means that a person isn't amazed by a person who is closed minded and not very open about trying new things. But in the third stanza it says "Yet one is surprised to see the poem gradually unfolding revealing its rich inner self as one reads it again and over again." Which, to me, means that a person is most surprised when a person who mostly keeps to themselves, or that is close minded, opens up to someone and maybe tries knew things. When it says “as one reads it over and over again” I think think that means that the person “reading the poem” may become better friends with the person who is opening up more and maybe trying things that they would not have before.
Hello readers of the blog, I just read the poem, "Unfolding Bud" by Naoshi Koriyama. After reading the poem a few times I believe that the poem's meaning (as I understand it) is that you can't judge something/someone if you have only seen it, or read it, or talk to it, etc., once. I get that meaning out of the poem because the poet, Naoshi Koriyama, says in the last stanza, "Yet one is surprised To see the poem Gradually unfolding, Revealing its rich inner self, As one reads it, Again And over again." To me, the poet is saying that as you get more familiar with something you get to know it and understand it much better that the first time you saw it or read it. -Jared B.
Hello Fellow Bloggers, I have just finished reading “Unfolding Bud” by Naoshi Koriyama and am responding to its meaning. I think the poem explains through the comparison of a flower to a poem that at first glance you might not get the message that was hidden or intended for you to later discover, but after looking more into it you discover the content or the inner beauty you might not have seen before. Jessica Lindsay
Hola Bloggers, I just read the poem called Unfolding Bud by Naoshi Koriyama. I believe the meaning of this poem is you can't just look and predict. You have to dig deeper into it like when the water-lily unfolds and turns so beautiful. But some people just think poems are just are so dull and yes I am not a fan of poetry but that is besides the point. If you just look at the poem, or read it fast, you won't care for it. If you keep reading it you will find the true beauty.
This is a truly clever poem. It has a unique intelligence to it I can’t help but be entertained by. At first it seems as if it will be another nature poem, but then as the author continues they transform it into a wonderful example of the definition of poetry itself. When the author refers to a persons love of an open blooming flower. He then points out that a poem is like a tightly closed bud and how as you read it it opens exposing the beautiful work it really is. I actually really kinda like this poem. It has a wit about it that is creative and intelligent.
I read the “The Unfolding Bud” and I think the meaning of the poem is that if you open yourself up you can experience new things. That each day you can learn and experience something new. If you don’t open yourself up to new things you could miss out on a lot of things, like a new friend, learning something new, experiencing something you might actually like doing for fun. All these things you will never know if you don’t allow yourself to open up and try new things. You might actually be amazed when you learn or do something new. Ceara:D
“Unfolding Bud” is a poem that seems to be about the amazing and surprising developments of some things. The two things that it reference the development and unfolding of are the water-lily bud, and the poem itself. It is a poem that asks you to read it again and again {shown by its last lines, (the poem) “Revealing its rich inner self, as one reads it, again, and over again}. It tells about how with both the bud and the poem, as you get farther along, it gets richer and more in depth. Charlie L.
I just read the poem "Unfolding Bud' by Naoshi Koriyama. I think its a good, meaning poem of evolution. At first it relates to a water lily-bud, explaining how people like watching their elegance as the nature inside it blooms. Then it goes on to explain a poem, wrapped up, and to others it has no elegance. Then as it unfolds, and reveals words, it stuns and amazes people. Somehow it makes me think of the fact that if you aren't elegant outside, you are inside. When you're ready to bloom
So I just read "Unfolding Bud" and this is my interpretation of this simple poem. I like how I can make the connections that I can with this poem. Because, at first, I really didn’t like poetry. It is still not my favorite genre, but it is not super terrible. I can see where the poet is going though. Usually poetry is boring at first glance. There is a hidden meaning, but you don’t usually get that until you read the poem a few times. In this poem the author compares a poem to a water-lily bud, unfolding and changing each time you look at it. How poetry is not amazing but surprising at what you discover by reading it over a few times. ~Rady 8N
The 'Unfolding Bud' poem shows how people who see a flower think that it is beautiful. But when a person sees a bud they think that it is worthless and find it useless. As it slowly unravels becoming a beautiful flower. And they love it then, once the bud becomes a water-lily. The poet (Naoshi Koriyama) compared this to a poem. How one poem in the beginning seems boring or something like that, but slow unravels and it becomes beautiful. It’s like...well how people judge people on how they look or how pretty they are. But once that person gets to know the other they become beautiful to that person.
“Unfolding Bud” by Naoshi Koriyama- refreshing piece! I had a slide show running through my head, interpreting... A girl sits beside blooming water lilies in deep thought about how she’d changed in her life and what she’d realized. When she opened up some time ago, she’d started to find her personality developing while “one is amazed” alongside. Realizing before, loneliness was the effect of her constant reclusiveness with her identity and thoughts that appeared uninviting or “as tight closed as a tiny bud.” She concludes opening up made her more comfortable in her own skin and revealing the more advantageous person she was made people want to be with her “again, and over again.”
i just read the Unfolding Bud, it was kinda confusing at first and then it hit me its about how someones growing up so much and turning beautiful and everyone's amazed at her. And then its about shes a like a poem.How some dont like poems at first and then they keep reading and and they show there inner meaning and you really start to like it. I really like this poem now.
In this sonnet 18 i think he's talking about how shes beautiful and hot like summer and summer goes away and the season changes. But sometimes the sun shines to bright and to long. And sometimes some people don't like that and decline her. Her beauty will go away and no one will want her. But he will always want her. I think that whats it about but I'm not sure i tried.,
One is amazed By a water-lily bud Unfolding With each passing day, Taking a richer color And new dimensions One is not amazed, At a first glance, By a poem, Which is as tight-closed As a tiny bud. Yet one is surprised To see the poem Gradually unfolding, Revealing its rich inner self As one reads it Again And over again.
Naoshi Koriyama uses a central metaphor in his peom to compare peorty to a budding flower. Much like a growing plant, peotry developes its beauty gradually. Koriyama refers to a peom's initial impression as ordinary and reserved. He describes:
"One is not amazed, At a first glance, By a poem, Which is as tight-closed As a tiny bud" (7-11)
Through this comparison, the reader is shown how a peom starts out with a hidden message inside, waiting to blosom and reveal itself. The connotation used by Koriyama reminds the reader that a "tiny bud" (11) is how a beautiful masterpiece begins, and one must be patient during the early stages of a poem until its true meaning is discovered.
Koriyama further illustrates the transformation from bud to blossomwhen he writes:
"One is amazed By a water-lily bud Unfolding With each passing day, Taking on a richer color And new dimensions" (1-6)
Through these vivid words the reader is able to see how a flower is transformed to be magnificiant and beautiful. One can also see that this metamorphisis does not occur overnight, but rather it takes time to fully run its course. Just as Koriyama describes a plant as "Taking on richer color" (5), he later refers to a poem as "Revealing its rich inner self" (15). His diction convinces the reader of their similarities since they both develope a fuller beauty and meaning as time goes on. Through these comparisons, Koriyama shows the audience that to discover the true meaning of a peom, one must be patient and wait for its beauty to bloom.
Readers of the Blog,
ReplyDeleteI have read the poem, Unfolding Bud by Naoshi Koriyama. What I believe the meaning of this poem to be is that, it compares the water-lily, taking on new colors and dimension as time goes on, to a poem, which you get more and more understanding from it as you read it again and again. I know this because the poem says, "One is not amazed, at a first glance, by a poem," just like one would not be amazed at a water-lily who had not unfolded. Also the poem says "Yet one is surprised, To see the poem, Gradually unfolding, Revealing its rich inner self," just as the water-lily gets more and more richer, as it unfolds.
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DeleteThe idea i have derived after reading d poem is that with the passing of time one can florish his innerself to the best of his capacity;but he should be a man with patience and he must have a conviction to reach his desired destination. It is just as a lily unfolds its colourful patels. Similarly, a poem too takes time to have wide range of readers as voteries.
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ReplyDeleteI just read the poem “Unfolding Bud.” My initial response to this poem was that it had a perspective to reading poetry that was not only creative, but also extremely insightful. The author compared reading poetry to watching a water lily bud bloom. They said one at first glance views the poem as a tightly closed, uninteresting bud, but then is amazed at how much more the poem reveals itself as it “unfolds”, as the reader reads it again and again. To me, this was extremely creative and struck me as a very well written poem with an unseen depth to it.
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Hello again bloggers,
ReplyDeleteThe poem, "Unfolding Bud" is a poem I just read. At first I didn't really get it so I had to read it again, but know I have a good sense to what it means. Okay so in the beginning it talks about how people are amazed by a water-lily bud and it taking on a richer color and dimension everyday. And then it goes on and says one is NOT amazed by a poem at a first glance,however one is yet surprised to see the poem gradually "unfolding" revealing it's rich inner self as one reads it over and over again. Which is just what I had to do with this poem. What a coincidence
Courtneyyy ❤
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ReplyDeleteThis poem was particularly simple but describes a lot. The poet compares a water-lily bud to a poem. At first glance, a person may not be amazed by a poem or water-lily bud but once you look over it multiple times it begins to transform. You may interpret the poem as something but then, later on, your interpretation may change, like a water-lily does over time. I think that the poet used an effective comparison that illustrates his poem very well.
The poem “Unfolding Bud” has a simple and clear message. Through the eyes of Naoshi Koriyama, poetry is overlooked and seen as something it is not. People see it as boring, dull, plain, and gray. One would rather gaze at the seeing beauty and have something real and in front of them rather then ramble through words to get the picture. However, once one opens their minds up and reads a poem, the picture will be right in front of them just as an object they can hold and examine. Beauty can be contained in a page of words. And just as one may hang a picture they happen to enjoy gazing at endlessly, somebody may also hold the poem dearly and read it again and again. So give poetry a chance and don’t judge a book by it’s cover.
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ReplyDeleteI have just read the poem, "Unfolding Bud" by Naoshi Koriyama. In this poem I believe the meaning behind it is poetry is much like a water-lily bud. It is formed tight closed as a tiny bud much like a water-lily bud and blooms to something bigger. However, most people are amazed by the beautiful bud of a water-lily and how it blooms so fast, but when people look at poetry that's not the first thing that they see. Yet, it is surprising to people how gradual a poem "unfolds" when you read it over and over again, and it too reveals something beautiful. So, pretty much I think it means that poetry takes much more in depth understanding than a water-lily bud which can be taken for granted, but it can turn into something just as beautiful.
Hello my fellow Bloggers. I got done reading "Unfolding Bud" by Naoshi Koriyama. I read this poem and I think it's saying that every living thing has it's day in life. This poem is talking about a water-lily unfolding and gaining colors each day. But at first sight, you might not see much except for a tiny bud. But, the bud starts to unravel and shows the world it's rich inner self. What the poem was saying was, Patience is a huge price to pay for your special day. - Jonathan
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ReplyDeleteI think this poem is talking about how a person would respond differently to different type of people. Meaning that the water-lily bud and the poem symbolize people (at least, they do to me.) Some people are more fond of those who are not closed minded and open about trying new things. It says in the second stanza of the poem "One is not amazed at first glance by a poem, which is as tight-closed as a tiny bud" Which to me means that a person isn't amazed by a person who is closed minded and not very open about trying new things. But in the third stanza it says "Yet one is surprised to see the poem gradually unfolding revealing its rich inner self as one reads it again and over again." Which, to me, means that a person is most surprised when a person who mostly keeps to themselves, or that is close minded, opens up to someone and maybe tries knew things. When it says “as one reads it over and over again” I think think that means that the person “reading the poem” may become better friends with the person who is opening up more and maybe trying things that they would not have before.
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ReplyDeleteI just read the poem, "Unfolding Bud" by Naoshi Koriyama. After reading the poem a few times I believe that the poem's meaning (as I understand it) is that you can't judge something/someone if you have only seen it, or read it, or talk to it, etc., once. I get that meaning out of the poem because the poet, Naoshi Koriyama, says in the last stanza, "Yet one is surprised To see the poem Gradually unfolding, Revealing its rich inner self, As one reads it, Again And over again." To me, the poet is saying that as you get more familiar with something you get to know it and understand it much better that the first time you saw it or read it.
-Jared B.
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ReplyDeleteI have just finished reading “Unfolding Bud” by Naoshi Koriyama and am responding to its meaning. I think the poem explains through the comparison of a flower to a poem that at first glance you might not get the message that was hidden or intended for you to later discover, but after looking more into it you discover the content or the inner beauty you might not have seen before.
Jessica Lindsay
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DeleteI just read the poem called Unfolding Bud by Naoshi Koriyama. I believe the meaning of this poem is you can't just look and predict. You have to dig deeper into it like when the water-lily unfolds and turns so beautiful. But some people just think poems are just are so dull and yes I am not a fan of poetry but that is besides the point. If you just look at the poem, or read it fast, you won't care for it. If you keep reading it you will find the true beauty.
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DeleteThis is a truly clever poem. It has a unique intelligence to it I can’t help but be entertained by. At first it seems as if it will be another nature poem, but then as the author continues they transform it into a wonderful example of the definition of poetry itself. When the author refers to a persons love of an open blooming flower. He then points out that a poem is like a tightly closed bud and how as you read it it opens exposing the beautiful work it really is. I actually really kinda like this poem. It has a wit about it that is creative and intelligent.
ReplyDeleteI read the “The Unfolding Bud” and I think the meaning of the poem is that if you open yourself up you can experience new things. That each day you can learn and experience something new. If you don’t open yourself up to new things you could miss out on a lot of things, like a new friend, learning something new, experiencing something you might actually like doing for fun. All these things you will never know if you don’t allow yourself to open up and try new things. You might actually be amazed when you learn or do something new.
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“Unfolding Bud” is a poem that seems to be about the amazing and surprising developments of some things. The two things that it reference the development and unfolding of are the water-lily bud, and the poem itself. It is a poem that asks you to read it again and again {shown by its last lines, (the poem) “Revealing its rich inner self, as one reads it, again, and over again}. It tells about how with both the bud and the poem, as you get farther along, it gets richer and more in depth.
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ReplyDeleteI just read the poem "Unfolding Bud' by Naoshi Koriyama. I think its a good, meaning poem of evolution. At first it relates to a water lily-bud, explaining how people like watching their elegance as the nature inside it blooms. Then it goes on to explain a poem, wrapped up, and to others it has no elegance. Then as it unfolds, and reveals words, it stuns and amazes people. Somehow it makes me think of the fact that if you aren't elegant outside, you are inside. When you're ready to bloom
So I just read "Unfolding Bud" and this is my interpretation of this simple poem.
ReplyDeleteI like how I can make the connections that I can with this poem. Because, at first, I really didn’t like poetry. It is still not my favorite genre, but it is not super terrible. I can see where the poet is going though. Usually poetry is boring at first glance. There is a hidden meaning, but you don’t usually get that until you read the poem a few times. In this poem the author compares a poem to a water-lily bud, unfolding and changing each time you look at it. How poetry is not amazing but surprising at what you discover by reading it over a few times.
~Rady 8N
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ReplyDeleteThe 'Unfolding Bud' poem shows how people who see a flower think that it is beautiful. But when a person sees a bud they think that it is worthless and find it useless. As it slowly unravels becoming a beautiful flower. And they love it then, once the bud becomes a water-lily. The poet (Naoshi Koriyama) compared this to a poem. How one poem in the beginning seems boring or something like that, but slow unravels and it becomes beautiful. It’s like...well how people judge people on how they look or how pretty they are. But once that person gets to know the other they become beautiful to that person.
Kira
“Unfolding Bud” by Naoshi Koriyama- refreshing piece! I had a slide show running through my head, interpreting... A girl sits beside blooming water lilies in deep thought about how she’d changed in her life and what she’d realized. When she opened up some time ago, she’d started to find her personality developing while “one is amazed” alongside. Realizing before, loneliness was the effect of her constant reclusiveness with her identity and thoughts that appeared uninviting or “as tight closed as a tiny bud.” She concludes opening up made her more comfortable in her own skin and revealing the more advantageous person she was made people want to be with her “again, and over again.”
ReplyDeletei just read the Unfolding Bud, it was kinda confusing at first and then it hit me its about how someones growing up so much and turning beautiful and everyone's amazed at her. And then its about shes a like a poem.How some dont like poems at first and then they keep reading and and they show there inner meaning and you really start to like it. I really like this poem now.
ReplyDeleteIn this sonnet 18 i think he's talking about how shes beautiful and hot like summer and summer goes away and the season changes. But sometimes the sun shines to bright and to long. And sometimes some people don't like that and decline her. Her beauty will go away and no one will want her. But he will always want her. I think that whats it about but I'm not sure i tried.,
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Unfolding
With each passing day,
Taking a richer color
And new dimensions
One is not amazed,
At a first glance,
By a poem,
Which is as tight-closed
As a tiny bud.
Yet one is surprised
To see the poem
Gradually unfolding,
Revealing its rich inner self
As one reads it
Again
And over again.
Naoshi Koriyama uses a central metaphor in his peom to compare peorty to a budding flower. Much like a growing plant, peotry developes its beauty gradually. Koriyama refers to a peom's initial impression as ordinary and reserved. He describes:
"One is not amazed,
At a first glance,
By a poem,
Which is as tight-closed
As a tiny bud" (7-11)
Through this comparison, the reader is shown how a peom starts out with a hidden message inside, waiting to blosom and reveal itself. The connotation used by Koriyama reminds the reader that a "tiny bud" (11) is how a beautiful masterpiece begins, and one must be patient during the early stages of a poem until its true meaning is discovered.
Koriyama further illustrates the transformation from bud to blossomwhen he writes:
"One is amazed
By a water-lily bud
Unfolding
With each passing day,
Taking on a richer color
And new dimensions" (1-6)
Through these vivid words the reader is able to see how a flower is transformed to be magnificiant and beautiful. One can also see that this metamorphisis does not occur overnight, but rather it takes time to fully run its course. Just as Koriyama describes a plant as "Taking on richer color" (5), he later refers to a poem as "Revealing its rich inner self" (15). His diction convinces the reader of their similarities since they both develope a fuller beauty and meaning as time goes on. Through these comparisons, Koriyama shows the audience that to discover the true meaning of a peom, one must be patient and wait for its beauty to bloom.