The Ring of Amethyst

"The Ring of Amethyst" by Alice Wellington Rollins is a series of poems that shows the ups and downs of love, wishes, and looking inside oneself to understand better, all set in the late 1800s. It uses the idea of an amethyst ring to stand for deep love and special beauty, covering topics like joy, sadness, innocence, and growing as a person. Readers are taken on a journey through the complicated feelings we have as humans using detailed images and beautiful, song-like language. These poems show how hearts change through different stages of love and life. Rollins' poems put happy moments next to painful ones, showing how love can lift us and weigh us down. Each poem, with titles like "Joy," "Pain," and "Love Will Find Out a Way," gives us a peek into what the speaker is thinking and remembering, proving how relationships can really change who we are. Nature always being there, mixed with personal thoughts, makes the reading better and celebrates and studies all human emotions.