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The article offers poetry criticism of the poem “Hymen” by H. D., Hilda Doolittle. It explores the polymorphous aspect of the text where subjective and sexual identities are mingled in symbolic subversion. The art of suggestion in the poem is examined. The author analyzes the notions of femininity and eroticism in the poem, and discusses H. D.'s way of revisiting classical symbolism and Victorian rhetoric in this text. INSET: 1.