Lady in Green

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Hi,

Spring's real harbingers are too subtle for the eye and ear. Some must have the flowering crocus, the wood-starring dogwood, the voice of bluebird--even so gross a reminder as the farewell handshake of the retiring buckwheat and oyster before they can welcome the Lady in Green to their dull bosoms. But to old earth's choicest kin there come straight, sweet messages from his newest bride, telling them they shall be no stepchildren unless they choose to be.

Can someone rephrase this? Unfortunately, for me it is only mess of word.

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for me it is only mess of word

That's because it is only a mess of words. This sort of "purple prose" can't be rewritten in such a way that it makes sense, because it is only an impressionistic collection of phrases. Don't worry about it.

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Hi,

Spring's real harbingers are too subtle for the eye and ear. Some must have the flowering crocus, the wood-starring dogwood, the voice of bluebird--even so gross a reminder as the farewell handshake of the retiring buckwheat and oyster before they can welcome the Lady in Green to their dull bosoms. But to old earth's choicest kin there come straight, sweet messages from his newest bride, telling them they shall be no stepchildren unless they choose to be.

Syntinen is right--this is not good writing.

Partial paraphrasing:

Spring is The Lady in Green, Bride of the Earth. Some people, Old Earth's Choicest Kin, need crocus and dogwood and bluebirds to recognize the change of seasons.

Goodness knows what the author is on about with "buckwheat and oyster".

The Lady in Green tells the Really, Really Choicest Kin (who don't need the traditional, gaudy harbingers of her arrival/wedding/existence) that they are not her family "unless they choose to be". Spring is a matter of the human heart.

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