Original poem reprinted online here: "The Mower Against Gardens" by Andrew Marvell Originally read: March 31, 2013 More information about the Poet: Andrew Marvell It's poets like this where I feel that I wouldn't do an analysis justice to the poem since this poem has many allusions (biblical garden, and others) and works within a form -- couplets within a single stanza. For a while, I was thinking of looking up scholarly articles about the poem to validate my thoughts. But, this blog is not so much about analysis, but rather experience of the poem -- I should keep this thought in mind and not be so hesitant about trying to figure out this poem. In any case, I've been relooking and rereading this poem on and off during my "break" and I came to the conclusion that this poem appropriates the idea of "Adam's Garden" to "Manifest Destiny" through the sexualization or the emasculation of "the other." However, the "othe...
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