Poems: SONNET -- MY HEART SHALL BE THY GARDEN
My Heart Shall Be Thy Garden is a collection of poems by Alice Meynell, a British poet and essayist. The collection is divided into two parts, the first of which is a series of sonnets. The sonnets explore themes of love, loss, and longing, and are written in a lyrical and romantic style. The second part of the collection is a selection of shorter poems, which explore similar themes but in a more direct and accessible way. The collection as a whole is a beautiful and moving exploration of the human heart and its capacity for love and loss.
By Alice Meynell · First published 1903 · Genre: Poetry, Romantic Poetry, Sonnets · 141 words
First lines
My heart shall be thy garden. Come, my own, / Into thy garden; thine be happy hours / Among my fairest thoughts, my tallest flowers, / From root to crowning petal, thine alone.
Thine is the place from where the seeds are sown / Up to the sky enclosed, with all its showers. / But ah, the birds, the birds! Who shall build bowers / To keep these thine? O friend, the birds have flown.
For as these come and go, and quit our pine / To follow the sweet season, or, new-comers, / Sing one song only from our alder-trees.
My heart has thoughts, which, though thine eyes hold mine, / Flit to the silent world and other summers, / With wings that dip beyond the silver seas.
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Alice Meynell
- Date: 1903 CE
- Language: English
- Genres: Poetry, Romantic Poetry, Sonnets, Victorian Poetry
- Length: 141 words
- Structure: 1 section, 4 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Easy (6th Grade)
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- Poetry — The title of the book is 'Poems: SONNET -- MY HEART SHALL BE THY GARDEN' which indicates that the book is a collection of poems.
- Romantic Poetry — The title of the book includes the phrase 'MY HEART SHALL BE THY GARDEN' which suggests that the poems are romantic in nature.
- Sonnets — The title of the book includes the word 'SONNET' which indicates that the book contains sonnets.
- Victorian Poetry — The author of the book is Alice Meynell, who was a Victorian poet, so the book is likely to be in the Victorian Poetry genre.
Tags
19th century · English poetry · birds · bowers · build · dip · enclosed · english poetry - 19th century · eyes · fairest · flit · flown
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