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Masterpiece

 
 
 
 
Sweet Cupid sets his aim upon a Grace
To celebrate the joy that Spring has brought
While Venus waits for Mercury to chase
The dragons from the field wherein they fought
The Goddess of the Spring is spreading flowers
As Zephyrus makes Chloris blush for Shame
The artist shows the depths of Nature's powers
And with his noble patrons plays a game
Five hundreds years have passed since paint was wet
The colours now more subtle than when new
Yet still admirers wait without regret
A masterpiece will always draw a queue
An allegory of a Christian theme
Or maybe just the painting of a dream?

Author notes

Sandro Botticelli's Primavera

In a list

A contest entry

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  • Vozhd
    May 13

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    DLC-Jem told me there were folk on AP, to which I am fairly new, who still wrote sonnets, and that you were one of the best. She was right - you write with a lovely, light touch.


  • Winklings gold member
    April 27

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    Indeed.

    Unfortunately, many tourists have a list; pay a quick visit and tick that. I think that the humanist in Botticelli is as real as the humanist in Milton in Paradise Lost. Certainly, the painting of a dream with eyes wide open. The narrative of the alleged mythological interpretation by contemporaries is related fairly well.
    This poem is more satirically sophisticated than some might think.
    Lyndon of the Winklings.


  • Mairi bheag gold member
    April 27
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    How had I no' seen this?

    Worth three bunnies of anyone's money. Totally spot on!


  • moonbumps silver member
    April 24

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    Excellent Jeff babes-what more can I say-master of rhyme.
    xxx Hilly

  • PassionsPromise gold member
    April 23

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    well done on this one. Loved it. And see your friend admires it too. You have painted a wonderful picture in my mind.
    Love you
    Passions


  • Amera gold member
    April 23

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    This is a beautiful sonnet penned in perfect decasyllable and depicting the painting Primavera well. You are a wonderful story teller and I think this sonnet is better than you told me.

    Love.
    Amera♥


    • cricketjeff gold member
      April 24
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      It would be a very good comment poem, but it doesn't stack up to the competition here. It started out as a double sonnet but I couldn't get the balance between the two halves as I wanted them.
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