Classic Poem

Claude Monet saw the need of sun and shade,
Of dancing light on forest, field and glade,
And, mastering the play of atmosphere,
Moved up the art line nearer Life's frontier.
He can depict vibrations of the light,
And handle colour with puissant sight.
He realizes with a vision tense,
And lords it with a fine and festal sense
In landscapes of an atmospheric tone
As fluctuant as Lady Nature's own.