My grandfather always called me amaryllis......?

I thought he was saying i was proud and haughty like the flower until I found in the dictionary oneday that it is a name of a country girl in a 'pastel poem.' What does that mean? What is a pastel poem?

My grandfather always called me amaryllis......?
It's not a "pastel" poem, but a "pastoral" poem -- more specifically, Virgil (a famous Roman author)'s "Eclogues" (which were basically poems with rural themes), which featured a shepherdess called Amaryllis. The word is from the Greek αμαρυσσω (Latin amarysso) meaning "to sparkle."





Amaryllis was a beautfiful but lovelorn shepherdess who pierced her own heart to produce a new flower for the hard-hearted shepherd she loved. In literature she has come to stand, however, for any rural sweetheart.
Reply:What you are referring to is a Pastoral Poem.
Reply:I don't think your grandfather was refering to the poem I think he was thinking about the flower which in fact is very beautiful indeed; from Brazil and Argentina.





http://www.hort.purdue.edu/ext/senior/fl...
Reply:maybe the country girl had some good qualities, or she did something heroic, or something good. or maybe it could just be a nickname cuz the cowgirl was your age, or had the same haircolor, etc...?





or maybe u should just ask!

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