Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FOR A PICTURE, by CHARLES WILLIAMS Poet's Biography First Line: Straight lines and circles, triangles and squares Last Line: Inclusive number, and the circle squared. Subject(s): Art & Artists; Pictures; Portraits | ||||||||
Of the Madonna teaching the Divine Child geometry by figures drawn on the sand (Merejkowski) STRAIGHT lines and circles, triangles and squares, With exact finger on the sand she draws, Marking how each new truth from its own cause Demonstrably arises, and prepares Place for more truth to follow; so, she bares The sacred and inevitable laws Which are his nature and design, and awes Him with his own perfection: the Child stares Rapt at each new device, while gravely flows The mighty theorem,rapt into a fine Ecstasy at the argument prepared, And darkly now himself already knows The union of dimension, ideal line, Inclusive number, and the circle squared. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AQUATINT FRAMED IN GOLD by AMY LOWELL PORTRAIT OF X (III) by THOMAS LUX PORTRAIT OF THE GREAT WHITE HUNTER FOXHUNTING IN THE ABSENCE OF BIG... by CLARENCE MAJOR PORTRAIT OF A MAN by ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER PORTRAITE DE L'ARTISTE by ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER FAMILY PORTRAIT by KENNETH PATCHEN FEMALE PORTRAIT, 19TH CENTURY by TOMAS TRANSTROMER FOR A CHILD: 1. WALKING SONG by CHARLES WILLIAMS TO MICHAL: SONNETS AFTER MARRIAGE: 8. AFTER RONSARD by CHARLES WILLIAMS |
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