Bruegel’s breathtaking panoramic painting...
shows a scene set in harshest winter.
The weary [vermoeide] hunters of the title are returning home at the end of a disappointing hunt (the rewards of their labours, as we see, are meagre, and even the dogs look a little sorry for themselves, though the expansive view they - and we - are looking down on, is spectacular and uplifting).
The scene is described with striking spareness [spaarzaamheid], the poet picking out details that make up the composition as a whole, making us aware of “Bruegel the painter” bringing these elements carefully and strikingly together.
Hunters in the Snow
William Carlos Williams (1962)
The over-all picture is winter
icy mountains
in the background the return
from the hunt it is toward evening
from the left
sturdy hunters lead in
their pack the inn-sign
hanging from a
broken hinge is a stag a crucifix
between his antlers the cold
inn yard is
deserted but for a huge bonfire
that flares wind-driven tended by
women who cluster
about it to the right beyond
the hill is a pattern of skaters
Brueghel the painter
concerned with it all has chosen
a winter-struck bush for his
foreground to
complete the picture
~bron~
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