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An ekphrasis poem is a form of poetry concerning itself with the visual arts, artistic objects, and/or highly visual scenes, but there is more to ekphrasis. What is ekphrasis in poetry (complete definition)?
SL ecphrasis couplet XTen Foot flowers* by Andy Warhol
his 'still life period ' on a roll...
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art,
Form: Ekphrasis
CLERIHEW ecphrasis XXXIYoung in flowing gowns
a Golden Staircas* descending down
Edward Burne-Jones pre-raphaelite
with a enchanted dream of delectale delight...
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art,
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SL ecphrais couplet IXJan de Vliegher 'Treasury' *
a grande scale installation refectory...
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art,
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CLERIHEW ecphrasis ***Experimentalist Emile Bernard
settling to one style he found hard
With Reverie* he became more tranqul
as Madelaine* was his llove idyll...
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art,
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1304 Female Head La Scapigliata C1508 - Leonardo Da Vinci PaintingThere’s a story untold,
A mystery to unfold.
Even in her unfinished state,
Her beauty will forever captivate.
Da Vinci’s hand has started the task,
Her delicate face, unable to mask.
His brush has brought her to life,
Serene and peaceful...
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mystery,
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SL ecphrasis couplet VIIIMarc Quinn's 'Nurseries of El Dorado'*
bronzed still life chromed patina show...
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art,
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CLERIHEW ecphrasis XXIXAmerican artist Walter Crane
with 'White Horses'* once found fame
Seeing equine surfing the wave
action allegory' he oft did crave...
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art,
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CLERIHEW ecphrasis XXVIIPicaso streching a point"
perspective in a little disjoint
Model Francoise Guot
with the 'infamous' beauty spot...
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art,
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SL ecphrasis couplet VIITime after time- Blow-up 15*
Ori Gersht original still life scene
...
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art,
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Gertrude Abercrombie, Woman with Tethered Horse and Moonnothing really holds us in place
and I'm not sure where we go to
when we rear up
then some semblance of order
restores, everything settles...
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art,
Form: Ekphrasis
SL ecphrasisi couplet VIDavid Hockney iphones flowers each day
so his untitled* still life never stray...
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art,
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CLERIHEW ecphrasis XXVDegas 'After the Bath'*
still live model by the hearth
An apparent solitry act
but a sequenced series. in actual fact...
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art,
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SL ecphrasis couplet VMartin Gustavsson oil on linen 'black plums'*
in close-up reality rarely succumbs...
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art,
Form: Ekphrasis
CLERIEW ecphrasis XXIVCamille in a red kerchief"
ever so 'wifley'supportive'
Monet at his impressionist best
with this intimate 'domestique 'jest
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art,
Form: Ekphrasis
SL ecphrasis couplet IVpots fruit eggs& curtains * by Klee
'nature mort' in fee fantasy...
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art,
Form: Ekphrasis
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Definition | What is Ekphrasis in Poetry?