Of Jacopo Del Sellaio
Of Jacopo Del Sellaio - meaning Summary
Art and Lasting Love
Pound reflects on a painter's intimate understanding of love and loss. He suggests only someone who truly knew love could depict it so convincingly. The speaker contrasts a past beloved, described as gone, with a present addressee who represents solace. Ultimately the poem insists that the painted woman's eyes preserve what has vanished: the portrait itself carries the enduring emotional truth of the lost relationship.
Read Complete AnalysesThis man knew out the secret ways of love, No man could paint such things who did not know. And now she's gone, who was his Cyprian, And you are here, who are ‘The Isles’ to me. And here's the thing that lasts the whole thing out: The eyes of this dead lady speak to me.
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