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 Moldovan portrait  Open in new Window. [E]
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Title: Moldovan portrait

Author: FlowerAndLace Author Icon

Type: Poem


It’s interesting that in a poem dedicated to your mother, you focus on her being “unpolluted and filth free.” That just seems an odd characteristic to focus on. It makes me wonder what lies beneath the observation and why it took precedence of so many other possible observations.

I’ve seen old portraits that have been tinted, and I think of those when you mention the one of your mother being, Sumptuously colored.

You mention that it’s your mother, and maybe I need to separate the poem from the poet. The narrator of this poem may not be you, and is, in fact, likely not you since the woman in the portrait is already elderly, and so it’s unlikely it’s your mother. It could just be that this old photo, with its purity, reminds you of your own mother. That seems probable, though it’s just a sheer guess.

Is “filthfree” one word, or is it two? I would assume two, but I couldn’t find much info to back up either opinion.

The tone is hallowed, and antiquated. And though it is clear that your poem is a dedication, that last two line continues to stand out as something that I feel is saying more than I have grasped, and that is frustrating, but it’s also a challenge, and that is what good literature should do, challenge readers.




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