To Paint a Water Lily In “To Paint a Water Lily,” by Ted Hughes, the speaker observes the wide variety of aspects of nature by revealing the challenges he faces as an artist in capturing its real meaning. When he observes the scene, he sees a little world of constant movement and activity, hidden by the stillness of the water lilies that float below. The speaker describes this task and the appreciation he feels for nature by the use of tone, language, imagery, diction and figurative language. The speaker begins to introduce the water lily and the activity that goes around it. He describes “a green level of lily leaves” that “reefs the petal’s chamber and paves the flies’ furious arena,” that covers the activity below and the ground for the action above. The speaker uses alliteration and imagery which demonstrates to describe his appreciation of the beauty of nature inside and out. Also personifies the water lily as a “lady” with “two minds” which represents the surface above and below

To Paint a Water Lily In “To Paint a Water Lily,” by Ted Hughes, the speaker observes the wide variety of aspects of nature by revealing the challenges he faces as an artist in capturing its real meaning. When he observes the scene, he sees a little world of constant movement and activity, hidden by the stillness of the water lilies that float below. The speaker describes this task and the appreciation he feels for nature by the use of tone, language, imagery, diction and figurative language.

The speaker begins to introduce the water lily and the activity that