The Garden (H. D.)
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By Hilda Doolittle · First published 1920 · Genre: Poetry, Modernist Literature, Autobiographical · 178 words
First lines
You are clear, O rose, cut in rock, hard as the descent of hail.
I could scrape the colour from the petal, like spilt dye from a rock.
If I could break you I could break a tree.
If I could stir I could break a tree, I could break you.
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The Garden (H. D.) is listed on Textopian as a poem by Hilda Doolittle, dated 1920 CE.
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Hilda Doolittle
- Date: 1920 CE
- Language: English
- Genres: Poetry, Modernist Literature, Autobiographical, Nature Writing
- Length: 178 words
- Structure: 1 section, 8 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Very Easy (5th Grade or below)
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Genres
- Poetry — The book was written by D.H. Lawrence, a renowned poet, and the stylistic elements of the book support the classification in the genre of Poetry.
- Modernist Literature — Lawrence was a modernist writer, and the themes present in the book, such as illusion versus reality and fragmentation, are characteristics of Modernist Literature.
- Autobiographical — The book contains elements from Lawrence's personal life, aligning it with the Autobiographical genre.
- Nature Writing — Given the title and the prevalent themes in the book, it can also be categorized under the Nature Writing genre.
Tags
nature · symbolism · growth · transformation · feminism · identity · desire · spirituality · landscape · mythology · modernism · introspection