Near the end of an epic poem, she is called a "noonday torch" and the source of warmth that enables the germination of a giant rose.
In one poem, this woman recalls her attraction to a stranger, saying, "bullwhip, horsewhip, unzip, I could have crawled through thorn and bee, the thick of hive, rosehip, courtship, lordship, gossip and lavender." In another poem, she is called "my more than meat and drink, my meal at every wink; this air, which, by life's law, my lung must draw and draw." This woman is the subject of a National Book Award-winning 2013 collection by Mary Szybist (SHEE-bist). Near the end of an epic poem, she is called a "noonday torch" and the source of warmth that enables the germination of a giant rose. In the Education, Henry Adams re lects that Americans were never afraid of either Venus or this woman, and contrasts her power with that of a device at the 1900 Paris Expo. The 送nal canto of Dante's Paradiso opens with a prayer to this woman. For 10 points, name this woman whom Catholics like Gerard Manley Hopkins call "Immaculate."
In one poem, this woman recalls her attraction to a stranger, saying, "bullwhip, horsewhip, unzip, I could have crawled through thorn and bee, the thick of hive, rosehip, courtship, lordship, gossip and lavender."
The Virgin Mary [or The Virgin Mary; or Mary, Mother of Jesus; or obvious equivalents; prompt on Mary]