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While reading the poem, I couldn't help but be drawn to the many references to color within the poem. If I was an artist with a pallet of colors, I would be itching to put them on a canvas too. There is the "crimson clad" page, the "golden Galaxy," the "blue unclouded weather," the "coal-black curls," and the Lady of Shalot robbed in "snowy white." These references conjure up vivid images, making it easy to see why any artist would be inspired by this poem.

I agree with many of the other posts but especially this one. The colors always stood out to me throughout the poem it made me visualize the story in my head so strongly that even i could have painted it for someone else.

The poem itself is very visually oriented. The use of colors is the most noticeable. The poem is very easy to read and very lucid, its very easy for the reader's imagination to kick in without even realizing it.

"Lying, robed in a snow white" Line 136

"All in the blue unclouded weather" Line 91