“The Garden” by Andrew Marvell is a poem that, through a logical progression, argues his already established point of view. It is a poem of meditation in a particular place, where the place presented influences the unfolding of this meditative state. Even though it is filled with images of nature, the poem takes a rather pessimistic point of view, where it argues that total isolation from society and harmony with nature is the best way to live. Thus, the entire poem centers on the idea of ​​a healthy nature in an uneducated world of humanity. In the first three stanzas, the virtues of the garden are presented in comparison with the hardship (and supposed pleasures) of the world of men, stanzas five to seven address the pleasures of the body, mind and soul when 'they are gratified. in the garden, stanzas eight to nine return to the gesture of Paradise. As this logical progression of argument moves through the poem, each part returns to the idea of ​​isolation, or rather a solitary state of being of the speaker. The poem opens by arguing the destructive function of civilization on nature, here focusing specifically on the goal of human efforts to seek recognition through the destruction of nature. The first lines perfectly repeat the argument of nature against men: “In vain do men themselves wonder / To gain the palm, the oak or the berries” (1-2). From the first lines, the reader senses that the uselessness of work is denigrated in favor of the quiet enjoyment of nature. In line 4, the speaker establishes the argument of the crown, which symbolizes the human desire for recognition. However, this wreath is made from a cut branch or shrub and therefore shortens their lifespan as they fade...... middle of paper ......allows full autonomy, free from the necessities of dryness and procreation. Therefore, the withdrawal into this garden state is a rejection of the whole world and satiety, and what is presented as a validating state of satisfaction of the speaker is doomed to last a short time, because it assumes that in a greater privilege it is gained only by “the part of a mortal” (61). In the final stanza of the poem, with its image of the flowered dial, the speaker returns to earthly reality. “How could such sweet and healthy hours be numbered without herbs and flowers! (71-72), herbs and flowers are ephemeral things, dying quickly and not lasting through the seasons. Thus, the image of the floral clock signifies that time is not still, that the seasons change and that the speaker is not yet in a timelessness of eternity (paradise) and thus his stay in the garden must also be of short duration..