What's the meaning of this poem?

Question

Southern Sunrise
Color of lemon, mango, peach,
These storybook villas
Still dream behind
Shutters, thier balconies
Fine as hand-
Made lace, or a leaf-and-flower pen-sketch.
Tilting with the winds,
On arrowy stems,
Pineapple-barked,
A green crescent of palms
Sends up its forked
Firework of fronds.
A quartz-clear dawn
Inch by bright inch
Gilds all our Avenue,
And out of the blue drench
Of Angels' Bay
Rises the round red watermelon sun.
--> It was written in 1856.
I think it's just a romantisized depiction of the sunset. It makes everything seem delicate(?). Whereas in the North, everything was factories, the south still retained it's natural beauty according to the poet. I think it's another version of books depicting southern life as sophisticated, that came out around the civil war era.

oops. It was written in 1956. there goes my theory.

The poet was married in 1956. She experienced depression before so perhaps this was her way of expressing her ideal life with her husband.
How was that?

Answer 1

Correct, at that time in our history, the South was made up of very welthy plantation owners who fashioned the society of the South. The poor sharecroppers had little, and were not included in the society of gentlepeople. And, of course, the slaves had even less place in the society except as servants, which actually may have given them more culture awareness than the sharecroppers could ever attain. The South still has beautiful sunrises and sunsets, although after seeing the sunset from Redondo beach, and the gorgeous red skies, I would have to say the South better try harder for sunset glory, or just stick to the sunrise of the poem.

Answer 2

I think that its the idea of a perfect life or day. Maybe Heaven?The phrase "Of Angels' Bay" suggest that. Thats not all there is in Heaven, tho, so I'm not sure. You could be right, yeah your idea sounds good. Probably someone in toils and trouble dreaming of good. Or it could symbolize the beauty of nature. Still not sure tho.

Answer 3

I'm not sure. but it is very beautiful