| Acknowledgements | 第4-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-19页 |
| Chapter One Garden as Imagery of State | 第19-37页 |
| A. The Tradition of Garden-state Imagery | 第19-27页 |
| B. Garden as Imagery of State in Marvell's Poems | 第27-37页 |
| Chap-ter Two Corrupted Gardens as Turbulent England | 第37-53页 |
| A. Animals Killed:the Beheaded Monarch | 第37-42页 |
| B. People with Weapon:the Empowered Bourgeoisie | 第42-47页 |
| C. The Tree,the Worm or the Woodpecker:Who Is the Real Winner | 第47-53页 |
| Chapter Three Ideal Gardens as Marvell's Ideal State | 第53-64页 |
| A. Conscientious Gardener with Absolute Power:An Ideal Ruler | 第53-58页 |
| B. Inexhaustible Fruits:Free and Equal Occupation of Capitals | 第58-64页 |
| Conclusion | 第64-66页 |
| Notes | 第66-68页 |
| Works Cited | 第68-72页 |