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.
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19th century · English poetry · birds · bowers · build · dip · enclosed · english poetry - 19th century · eyes · fairest · flit · flown
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