Imperial Adam (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: A. D. Hope
- First Published: 1955
- Type of Work: Narrative
- Genres: Poetry, Narrative poetry
- Subjects: Creation myth, Mythology or myths, Love or romance, Sex or sexuality, Pregnancy, Women, Bible, biblical imagery, or biblical symbolism, Biblical times, Men, Naivete, Animals, Erotica
The Poem
“Imperial Adam” consists of eleven quatrains. The quatrain is a traditional English verse form of four lines with various rhyme schemes. A. D. Hope has chosen to rhyme the first and third lines, then the second and fourth. The lilting rhythm is altogether appropriate for the erotic subject matter, and the poem derives a pervasive sensuality from its voluptuous diction and imagery.
“Imperial Adam” starts out by retelling the story from the second chapter of Genesis in which Eve emerges from Adam’s rib so that Adam will no longer be alone. The poem...
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