Mourning Picture
Essay 4 – Option # 2 Art & Poetry College Composition I Section: ZWWW2 Mike Bohnert 11/02/2003 I am going to interpret the poem “Mourning Picture,” written by Adrienne Rich, and the painting called Mourning Picture, painted by Edwin Romanzo Elmer. ... Edwin Romanzo Elmer, as a memorial to his daughter Effie, who passed away, painted the painting, “Mourning Picture. ... From the picture and the poem I am thinking that Effie was just a child when she died and that these are some of the only memories that she may have. ... Those things lead me to believe that Effie was dead in the painting, but that her father was still painting her in the picture because he wanted her back and because maybe, that is something that they used to do as a family when she was still alive. ... “Mourning Picture. ... “Mourning Picture.