Ekphrastic Fanthrope
"A poem is nothing but a picture painted black and white." This anonymous quote perfectly explains ekphrastic poetry. Like a caption following a picture, a poem about a painting contains additional information relating to the contents of the painting. The information portrayed in the poem may not be the painters intended objective in painting what and how they painted. It is simply an opinionative description of what the poet sees. Paulo Uccello' Saint George and the Dragon inspired poet U. A. Fanthrope to respond to the painting by writing the poem "Not my Best Side." This poem isn't just an objective, verbal description of Saint George and the Dragon; Fanthrope is taking it as an opportunity to challenge old, stereotypical positions on mythical times, by showing the stereotypes expressing their opinions. We are reading Fanthrope's poem about how she reads the painting.
Fanthrope takes the liberty of explaining the poem through the eyes and mind of the three characters: the......
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