General Poetry posted April 12, 2017 | Chapters: | ...7 7 -8- 8... |
free verse
A chapter in the book Word Games
Portraits By Rembrandt
by estory
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This poem was inspired by a show of Rembrandt's work at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York some time ago, which I attended with my father. I was very impressed with Rembrandt's ability to capture elements of a person's character and personality in his portraits of merchants, wives, sea captains. And himself. The most riveting picture was his self portrait, and those eyes, boring into your soul as you walked passed or looked at the picture, sizing you up, looking into your soul to prepare for another portrait. The poem is very reminiscent of Heaney's style, a great influence on me at that time. The actions depicted by the words create the rhythm and music of the free verse in this kind of poetry.
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