Analysis Of Beauty By Tony Hoagland

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I chose this picture because it demonstrates how the inner beauty is like a butterfly, it truly is enthralling. Butterflies are truly standout among the most lovely animals in this world. With its brilliant wings and lighthearted state of mind, butterflies enchant our feeling of sight and at some point or another, make us take a look at it more closer and see the beauty which is covered up inside. This is connected to the poem of "Beauty" by Tony Hoagland because like his sister her physical qualities, much like a butterfly's, intrigue us. She just realized at the end of the poem that the true beauty captivates and captures the heart is the personality. A person's inner beauty may in any case be concealed, waiting for someone to find it.

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