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The test will have a choice between 1 example of ekphrasis, 1 of reverse ekphrasis (with Qs attached), and a 3rd choice: to write a short poem based on a given image. Choose any one option in 50 mins. An example of the reverse-ekphrasis type is given below.
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Edward Burne-Jones, King Cophetua & the Beggar Maid (1884) |
Tennyson, The Beggar Maid (1842) |
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Her
arms across her breast she laid;
She was more fair than words
can say:
Bare-footed came the beggar
maid
Before the King Cophetua.
In robe and crown the king stept
down,
To meet and greet her on her way;
`It is no wonder,' said the lords,
She is more beautiful than day.'
As shines the moon in clouded
skies,
She in her poor attire was
seen:
One praised her ankles, one
her eyes,
One her dark hair and
lovesome mien.
So sweet a face, such angel
grace,
In all the land had never
been:
Cophetua sware a royal oath:
`This beggar maid shall be my
queen!'
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