Female seen through masculine lens described and appreciated through female poet/viewer: a. Motif of looking at herself in the mirror (ll.36-41) “girl” b. Women as vases,” insects,” lips,” finally “cats,” “porcelain “iridescent “plum ash-winged moths” “dusty c. Cliché of geishas (women) as visual lure overturned? d. Printmaker provides for women—can he? “immortality” -Final lines: what does one Powdered skin, through the soft gray “paint”? “drifted/ feathered light” VS he had carried home beneath his coat” (l.55) “what
Female seen through masculine lens described and appreciated through female poet/viewer: a. Motif of “girl” looking at herself in the mirror (ll.36-41) b. Women as “cats,” “porcelain vases,” “iridescent insects,” “plum lips,” finally “dusty ash-winged moths” c. Cliché of geishas (women) as visual lure overturned? d. Printmaker provides “immortality” for women—can he? -Final lines: what does one “paint”? Powdered skin, “drifted/ through the soft gray feathered light” VS “what he had carried home beneath his coat” (l.55)
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