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The Ekphrasis [1]

Poetry [2]
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An ekphrasis [3] is a poem about, describing, or inspired by, a piece of art. Rather than writing a poem based on a piece of art, try writing a poem inspired by an existing ekphrasis.


Source URL:https://www.pw.org/content/poem_ekphrasis

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[1] https://www.pw.org/content/poem_ekphrasis [2] https://www.pw.org/genre/poetry [3] http://www.poetryfoundation.org/learning/glossary-term/Ekphrasis