‘I am half-sick of shadows’

American Haiku

William Holman Hunt [Public domain]

scarlet mirror reflects
a face of betrayal
let go shadows

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Vaishali Paliwal

I am Half Sick of Shadows’, said the Lady of Shalott by John William Waterhouse 1915. Public Domain

“I Am Half-Sick of Shadows, Said the Lady of Shalott is a painting by John William Waterhouse completed in 1915. It is the third painting by Waterhouse that depicts a scene from the Tennyson poem, “The Lady of Shalott”. The title of the painting is a quotation from the last two lines in the fourth and final verse of the second part of the Tennyson’s poem:

But in her web she still delights
To weave the mirror’s magic sights,
For often thro’ the silent nights
A funeral, with plumes and lights
And music, came from Camelot:
Or when the moon was overhead
Came two young lovers lately wed;
‘I am half sick of shadows,’ said
The Lady of Shalott.”

In response to below prompt by Joe Pregadio

Letting Go