“Weeds and Wild Flowers” fabricate the Disgust versus Charm binary; whereby, the weeds embody disgust whereas the wild flowers designate charm. To illustrate, in “Daisy”, Alice Oswald writers, “I will not lie small enough under her halo/to smell its laundered frills/or let the slightest whisperiness/ find.” Here, the daisy is an emblem of laudable captivation. The daisy is savory due to its fragrance and comeliness. As a result, the viewer would not be repulsed by the image of a blooming daisy.
Comparatively, in “ Stinking Goose-foot” Alice Oswald writes, “he loves sitting up late, eating sweet biscuits,/unbinding a bandaged foot/which scrunches and itches.” The unfavorable personification of the stinking Goose-feet elicits a repellent image that would nauseate the viewer. Therefore, Alice Oswald finds the Stinking Goose-foot to be perplexing unlike the daisy.
Notably, the Disgust versus Charm binary disintegrates due to resemblance of the context of growth of the “weeds and wild flowers”. Both “Weeds and Wild Flowers” grow wildly or naturally; thus, they are accepted products of nature.
