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H. D. (Hilda Doolittle)
Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961), known by her pen name H.D., was an American poet, novelist, and memoirist associated with the early 20th-century avant-garde Imagist movement. She was known for her precise, vivid imagery and minimalist style, as seen in her poetry collections like "Sea Garden" (1916). H.D. also explored themes of mythology, psychoanalysis, and gender in works like the epic poem "Helen in Egypt" (1961). In addition to her literary achievements, she was deeply influenced by her relationships with artists and intellectuals such as Ezra Pound and Sigmund Freud.
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SEA GARDEN SEA ROSERose, harsh rose,marred and with stint of petals,meagre flower, thin,sparse of leaf,more preciousthan a wet rosesingle on a stem—you are caught in the drift.Stunted, with small leaf,you are flung on the sand,you are liftedin the crisp sandthat drives in the wind.Can the spice-rosedrip such acrid fragrancehardened in a leaf? O be swift—we have always known you wanted us.We fled...
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HYMEN As from a temple service, tall and dignified, with slow pace, each a queen, the sixteen matrons from the temple of Hera pass before the curtain—a dark purple hung between Ionic columns—of the porch or open hall of a palace. Their hair is bound as the marble hair of the temple Hera. Each wears a crown or diadem of gold. They sing—the music is temple music, deep, simple, chanting notes:From...
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