Original poem reprinted online here: "In Portraits in Seasons" by Danielle Pafunda Originally read: May 23, 2013 More information about the Poet: Danielle Pafunda One of the notes I wrote for this poem was, "Eckphrastic -- look up." I wanted to figure out if this poem related to an image; however, rereading this poem, the fragments construct the emotional impact of the poem, but I'm still curious on where the emotion is directed. The opening couplet starts out with the fragment "As a feral thing would." Usually, I would try to connect the title in with the fragment, but their doesn't seem to be a logical syntactical connection between both. Rather, there's two different moods going on. "In Portraits in Seasons" brings a more relaxed, visual mood; meanwhile, "As a feral thing would," contrasts the mood through tone -- a feral thing would do...what? The speaker already has made a judgement on something. The next line sort...
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