# With a Copy of A House of Pomegranates explained — Poetry

> Chapter companion for Poetry by Oscar Wilde.

## What happens

The speaker sends a copy of 'A House of Pomegranates' to a poet who sang of the 'Golden Girl,' hoping that within its pages the poet may find golden maidens dancing.

## Themes in this chapter

### Beauty and Aesthetics

The poem celebrates the beauty of the Golden Girl and the artistic creation of the book.

### Art and Immortality

The book is offered as a vessel for the poet's own themes, suggesting art's enduring power to preserve beauty.

## Character check-ins

### The Young Man

Implied recipient of the book, a poet who sang of the Golden Girl.

## Key lines

> Go, little book, To him who, on a lute with horns of pearl, Sang of the white feet of the Golden Girl

Depart, small book, to the poet who, playing a lute adorned with pearl, sang of the Golden Girl's white feet.

_The speaker addresses the book directly, sending it to a poet known for his song about a beautiful maiden._

> And bid him look Into thy pages: it may hap that he May find that golden maidens dance through thee.

And ask him to read your pages: perhaps he will discover that golden maidens dance within you.

_The speaker hopes the poet will recognize his own themes of golden maidens reflected in the book._

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