Introduction

                   Poet’s express their unspoken thoughts and emotions in the least amount of words. In Dolittle's case, she writes about something she is deeply interested in. She is one of few that doesn’t actually write poems about her feelings or deep thoughts. In her poems, ‘She Constructs with Herself Hippolyta’, ‘The Shrine (“She Watches over the Sea”) and ‘Sea Garden’, Doolittle references two of her interests, Greek Mythology and Nature. Doolittle will reference many familiar names, objects, and characteristics that have to do with Greek Mythology when you take the time to analyze these poems, there is a deeper meaning of cultural and social context behind why Dolittle uses these specific elements.