At one point in this poem the narrator wonders, "Perhaps an angel looks like everything /We have forgotten" after quotinga description of a face "rather angel than man" that presents "an unfamiliar stereotype."
At one point in this poem the narrator wonders, "Perhaps an angel looks like everything /We have forgotten" after quotinga description of a face "rather angel than man" that presents "an unfamiliar stereotype." The fiÂnal stanza quotes Alban Berg'sdescription of a moment in Mahler's 9th as "death itself" and the line from Cymbeline "There cannot be a pinch in deathmore sharp than this". One notable metaphor describes an object as "life englobed" since it offers a false sense of depth thatdisguises the fact that "everything is surface"; and that metaphor culminates in the line: "An armation that doesn't armanything." In the Âfinal stanza the narrator addresses Francesco, imploring "I beseech you, withdraw that hand" in reference tothe oversized right-hand that appears larger than the painter's head in a certain Renaissance portrait. For 10 points, name thislong ekphrastic poem about a Parmigianino painting by John Ashbery.
At one point in this poem the narrator wonders, "Perhaps an angel looks like everything /We have forgotten" after quotinga description of a face "rather angel than man" that presents "an unfamiliar stereotype."
"Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror"