The extraordinary patience of things! This beautiful place defaced with a crop of suburban houses - How beautiful when we first beheld it, Unbroken field of poppy and lupin walled with clean cliffs; No intrusion but two or three horses pasturing...
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Jeffers expresses dismay at how suburban development has defaced a previously beautiful natural landscape.
- In plain terms
- A once beautiful natural place was ruined by the construction of suburban houses.
- What can you take from it?
- Recognize the cost of urbanization on natural beauty.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do we balance growth with preservation?
- What beauty is lost when landscapes are paved?
Another view
It generalizes suburban development without acknowledging potential benefits like housing.
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