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Sunday, July 14, 2024

Claude Monet

 Claude Monet was a French artist (1840-1926).  One of his favorite themes was water lilies.  Being a passionate gardener, Monet purchased land with a pond in Giverny, France.  He intended to build and add to the pond scape, for the pleasure of aesthetic enjoyment and also give him motifs to paint for the rest of his life.

Monet ended up painting approximately 300 versions of water lilies--the common theme was the mingling of the lilies with reflections of other vegetation on the pond's surface.

Often on my walks with friends, we pass by water lilies.  I often think of Claude Monet whenever I see them.  Yesterday, I wrote a poem about water lilies.  It is written in rhyming couplets, with each couplet separated from the previous one, and the next.  The rhythm is a combination of iambic and anapest meter.



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