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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE ISLANDS: 2, by HILDA DOOLITTLE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: What can love of land give to me
Last Line: And delos, the clasp of the white necklace?
Alternate Author Name(s): H. D.; Aldington, Richard, Mrs.
Subject(s): Bible; Greece; Islands; Property; Greeks; Possessions
First Line: What can love of land give to me
Last Line: And delos, the clasp of the white necklace?
Alternate Author Name(s): H. D.; Aldington, Richard, Mrs.
Subject(s): Bible; Greece; Islands; Property; Greeks; Possessions
What can love of land give to me
that you have not --
what do the tall Spartans know,
and gentler Attic folk?
What has Sparta and her women
more than this?
What are the islands to me
if you are lost --
What is Naxos, Tinos, Andros,
and Delos, the clasp of the white necklace?
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