How does the imagery used to describe the picture
contrast with the imagery used to describe the news?
Today as the news from Selma and Saigon
poisons the air like fallout,
I come again to see
the serene great picture that I love.
-"Monet's 'Waterlilies,
Robert Hayden
The picture is described as old, while the news is
described as current.
The picture is described as calming, while the news
is described as chaotic.
The picture is described as safe, while the news is
described as dangerous.
The picture is described as pure, while the news is
described as polluted.
Intro
Done