H.D.

H.D. (Hilda Doolittle) was an American poet and novelist of the early twentieth century. She is known for her Imagist poetry, characterized by precise, vivid imagery and classical allusions. Biografie ↓Mehr ↓

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Evening

The light passes from ridge to ridge, from flower to flower-- the hypaticas, wide-spread under the light grow faint-- the petals reach inward, the blue tips bend toward the bluer heart and the flowers are lost. The cornel-buds are still white, but shadows dart from the cornel-roots-- black creeps from root to root, each leaf cuts another leaf on the grass,

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Sea Iris

Weed, moss-weed, root tangled in sand, sea-iris, brittle flower, one petal like a shell is broken, and you print a shadow like a thin twig. Fortunate one, scented and stinging, rigid myrrh-bud, camphor-flower, sweet and salt--you are wind in our nostrils. Do the murex-fishers drench you as they pass? Do your roots drag up colour

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H.D. was an American poet and writer born in 1886 and died in 1961. She was associated with the Imagist movement in poetry, which emphasized precise visual imagery and concise language. Her poetry frequently draws on classical mythology and ancient Greek literature, exploring themes of female identity, nature, and the trauma of war. Her early collection 'Sea Garden' exemplifies her characteristic style of short, free-verse poems with sharp, clear images. H.D. also wrote prose works, including the novel 'HERmione' and the memoir 'Tribute to Freud', which reflect her interest in psychoanalysis and personal history. In her later long poem 'Helen in Egypt', she reinterprets the myth of Helen of Troy from a feminist viewpoint. Her innovative approach to imagery and her engagement with classical sources influenced subsequent modernist poets. H.D. is regarded as a significant figure in twentieth-century American poetry.

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