Andrew Collins - I greatly enjoyed the consistency of the theme of being trapped/enveloped by chaos throughout the poem. Lines like "He was infected by the air" and "agony and despair" paint vivid images of how the subject of the painting must be feeling in that moment, and adds an interesting depth to the art that I might not have seen before. The diction and imagery that you used fit quite nicely with the actual aesthetics of the painting. The rhyme in the last stanza is also a nice touch to end the poem.
Mikaela Gatewood - What stands out most to me in this poem is the clear, dramatic tonal shift that occurs with the words "But know this." The poem's first stanzas focus on how the radiance of a relationship may be dimmed or damaged, but then we see a shift, where the poem focuses on the persistence of love through these hardships and how "the lovers will not fade." I enjoyed the indirect descriptions of the two subjects' love, with lines such as "her crown of ivy may hang dead." This images make the poem much more intriguing then blatant and bland descriptions of the couples' love. Overall, this was very well done.
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