O wind, rend open the heat,
cut apart the heat,
rend it to tatters.
These are the opening lines of the poem "Heat" by H.D. in which the poet immediately shows her dislike for intense heat and asks the wind to rend open the heat, cut it apart and rent it to tatters. Only wind can beat the heat and thus, she asks wind to do so.
All Greece reviles the wan face when she smiles, hating it deeper still when it grows wan and white, remembering past enchantments and past ills.
In these lines from the poem "Helen," the poet tells how much Greece hates the Helen of Troy because of whom the Trojan War was fought and Greece had faced sufferings. Greece hates the smile of Helen and hates her even deeper when her face grows wan and white.
could love indeed the maid, only if she were laid, white ash amid funereal cypresses.
These are the concluding lines of the poem "Helen" by H.D. In these lines, the poet, after describing Greece’s hatred towards Helen, says that Greece could love the Helen of Troy only after she dies and is laid to rest in her grave.
