Le Jardin
Le Jardin - meaning Summary
Late-summer Garden Decay
Wilde’s short lyric observes a garden in decline, using crisp, visual imagery to register late-summer decay. The poem catalogs withered blooms, a lone wood-pigeon’s call, scattering dead leaves, and petals piled like snow or torn silk. The tone is quietly melancholic and detached, emphasizing transience and the shifting textures of nature rather than human drama. It reads as a contemplative moment of loss and natural dissolution.
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