intertext

Ah right, I understand the distinction you make. Several people in my lit class did not understand the distinction, however. Nor about the love poetry. Strangely, in the end, I think I 'got' Jack Donne rather better than they did., for all that they cooed over the portrait a lot more than I did. And yes ... his is a knowing, almost mocking face in some ways. I like the way he stares out, almost challenging the viewer to agree or disagree with him.