Coquelicot, Corn Poppy, and Field Poppy

Ah, in May, the fields of France are the color of fire. You are a corn poppy, and I am a corn poppy.
Akiko Yosano

When I think of May, this poem comes to mind first.
But, to begin with,
what is a "coquelicot"?
In Japan, it is called a "hinageshi" (corn poppy).
It is the French word for that.
This is a poem Akiko composed after chasing Tekkan to Paris and reuniting with him there.
The two of them burned bright red together, didn't they?
Of course,
when one says "hinageshi,"
one thinks of the "gubijinso" (field poppy).
It is the deep crimson flower said to have bloomed on the spot where Lady Yu—who is said to have followed Xiang Yu and later became the archetype of a heroic woman (as seen in the Peking opera "Farewell My Concubine" and others)—fell.
Akiko likely likened herself to Lady Yu and declared that she would walk alongside Tekkan, her Xiang Yu.
And indeed, that is what happened.