Part of Speech: Noun

Definition: One whose flowers have a short corona and are usually borne separately.

Source: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/narcissus

Found in: “Persephone, Falling” by Rita Dove line 1 – “One narcissus among the ordinary beautiful”

The word narcissus in the poem means a yellow or white spring flower. This is help us better understand the poem because it helps me understand why the narcissus stand out among the other flowers.