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For English class; portrayal of an image in a poem. I hope it can bring up my grade.."...Coffin that passes through lanes and streets,
Through day and night with the great cloud darkening the land,
With the pomp of the inloop'd flags with the cities draped in black,
With the show of the States themselves as of crepe-veil'd women standing,
With processions long and winding and the flambeaus of the night,
With the countless torches lit, with the silent sea of faces and the unbared heads,
With the waiting depot, the arriving coffin, and the sombre faces,
With dirges through the night, with the thousand voices rising strong and solemn,
With all the mournful voices of the dirges pour'd around the coffin,
The dim-lit churches and the shuddering organs -- where amid these you journey,
With the tolling bells' perpetual clang,
Here, coffin that slowly passes,
I give you a sprig of lilac..."
-Walt Whitman, "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd."
Done with watercolor and watercolor pencil. Which, I discovered, I have no idea how to use.
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Comments: 6
I think it turned out very well, especially the lilacs. The procession too, the dim lights are haunting in a sad and mournful way. If that makes sense.
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i love the contrast between the dark colors and the bright ones. you do a really good job with watercolors! don't be so down on it, it looks awesome.
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Well you can obviously use water colors better than I can...
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lol
but you used it well, i like the efect you created ^^
that's a very nice picture
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i love the dark procession and glowy things. the lilacs are such a pretty color and contrast the rest of the picture nicely ^_^ yay!
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