Hagar by Leigh Gordon Giltner (1900)
A spurned wife laments being cast out, replaced by another within her lord's tents, and begs God's mercy as she and her child face hunger and thirst in the desert, confessing her own sin while asking God to judge between her and the wife who expelled them.
By Leigh Gordon Giltner · First published 1900 · Genre: Poetry, Biblical Fiction, Dramatic Monologue · 131 words
First lines
To have known Heaven and then to walk in Hell!
Is it not hell to know his face no more,
Supplanted, spurned and thrust without his door.
Seeing another with my loved lord dwell
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Genres
- Poetry — The work is structured as verse with rhyming couplets and lyrical language characteristic of dramatic poetry.
- Biblical Fiction — The poem directly retells the biblical narrative of Hagar's abandonment, drawing from the Old Testament story of Abraham, Sarah, and Hagar.
- Dramatic Monologue — The entire piece functions as a first-person dramatic monologue where Hagar expresses her emotional turmoil and suffering directly to the reader.
- Tragedy — The work exhibits tragic elements including abandonment, maternal suffering, despair, and the fall of a formerly loved figure cast into destitution.
Tags
anguish · cast · child · consuming · dark · despair · die · dwell · folding · god · guiltier · hunger
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Leigh Gordon Giltner
- Date: 1900 CE
- Language: English
- Genres: Poetry, Biblical Fiction, Dramatic Monologue, Tragedy, Religious/Spiritual Literature
- Length: 131 words
- Structure: 1 section, 16 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Very Easy (5th Grade or below)
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