Naomi Long Madgett’s short poem “Women with Flower” is a marvelous companion read to the heart heavy short prose “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst because of its clever method of figurative language that allow the poem to reflect Hurst’s prose and emphasize the meaning behind his words and the dangers of pride. The personification “let the soil rest from so much digging” has clearly given human qualities to the non-human object, soil, as it has no need for rest, for soil simply does not get tired (Magett 619). Madgett’s line can quickly be evolved into an extraordinary metaphor comparing the soil to Doodle when Hurst describes Doodle drained of energy after finishing the exhausting task of rowing a boat into a storm, then labored by his brother