IDENTITY
The Ivy Green
Literature
Work Summary
A lyric poem celebrating ivy as a persistent plant that covers old ruins and monuments. Its endurance across generations turns the plant into an emblem of memory, age, attachment and continuity amid decay.
Evidence Summary
The poem supplies imagery in his observation of ivy.
Direct literary–visual/natural association.
CONTEXT
Author / Source
Charles Dickens
Work
The Ivy Green
Years / Period
21 Jan 1877
Van Gogh Relation
Quoted / Copied
EVIDENCE
Key Quotation
CONNECTIONS
Evidence Trail
21 Jan 1877 — Letter 101
Quoted / Copied · Quoted / alluded to
Van Gogh quotes Dickens's phrase about the ivy green; the editors identify the poem.
Response: The poem supplies imagery in his observation of ivy.
Connection: Direct literary–visual/natural association.
Related Research Nodes
Study Subject
Themes
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