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What is the difference between the sea rose and the "wet rose" described in "Sea Rose?"
The "wet rose" is the land rose--one that is not used to being in the water. H.D. describes the sea rose as "more precious" than this traditional ideal of beauty and femininity. The sea rose lets itself be caught on the stream or in the wind, implying that it has adapted itself to modern life. It has the ability to survive where the solitary, delicate rose does not.
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In what ways is "Sea Rose" a feminist poem?
Throughout literature, the rose has functioned as a symbol of femininity, and especially feminine sexuality/virginity (see "To the Virgins" or "The Sick Rose," for...
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