An Artist's Model and Other Poems

<p><i>In An Artist's Model and Other Poems</i> preferring to portray his model-a womanwith whom he has fallen in love-in words rather than in paint author David J.Murray off ers an extended hymn of praise to her expressing unresolved yearningthroughout. </p><p>Following a prologue setting the scene he presents her with four gifts eachconsisting of a set of twelve poems. Th e fi rst set of poems describes what it's likespending Christmas without her; the second set of poems compares her to theGreek goddess Athena; the third set of poems likens her to a ballerina; and thefourth set of poems written in summer compares her to the beauty of the season.</p><p>Between each set are entr'actes consisting of several poems that comment on thecomplexities of their situation. Th e collection ends with an epilogue that recallsthe mood of the prologue.</p>Reflecting the conflict between Murray's emotions and his sense of propriety withregard to his model<i> An Artist's Model and Other Poems</i> presents a cycle of poemsthat are unabashedly of the high-fl ung romantic genre.</p>