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Where art and life coincide .
In the hands of those who till ,
Gardens become paintings still ."
Lines 9-10: “Each plot , a canvas wide, / Where art and life coincide .”
Important words
Meaning: Each garden plot is like a wide canvas . On this canvas, art and life come together .
Lines 11-12: “In the hands of those who till , / Gardens become paintings still .”
Important words
Meaning: The gardeners prepare (till) the soil with their hands . In their hands, gardens become paintings that stay still for us to see.
"Each plot, a canvas wide,"
(Each garden plot is like a wide canvas.)
"Where art and life coincide."
(In a garden, art and life come together.)
"In the hands of those who till,"
(The gardeners prepare the soil with their own hands.)
"Gardens become paintings still."
(In the gardeners’ hands, gardens become still paintings.)
Overall meaning: In this last stanza, the poet completes the picture. Every garden plot is a wide canvas where art and life meet . The gardener is the artist ; in the gardener’s hands, a garden turns into a beautiful painting .
