Tortoise Shout (4)

Publication Date: July 13, 2016

Chapter: The Twentieth Century

I'm still fixated on this poem. The one major thing I haven't yet talked about is the "cross" material. Lawerence draws a parallel between the euphoric screams of sexual intercourse and the screams of Jesus on the cross. Yeah, it's kinda gross. Well, more than "kinda."

Author: D.H. Lawrence • Year: 1923 • Info: Poetry Foundation

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