... that this piece, in the eyes of others was so bad it was treated as if it was an old off-cut piece of wood, and the word 'spitefully' suggests it was put in the worst light intentionally because of its poor quality which introduces the idea that this piece was not appreciated of valued. This idea that the sculpture had no worth is reinforced further on in the poem, when the poet describes how it 'had no number in the list of gems'. The poet then moves on to illustrate to the reader how beautiful and perfect the other paintings seem yet how meaningless and shallow they actually are, words such as 'faultless', 'smirking', 'skin-deep' create this image perfectly. The poet recognises immediately that this sculpture isn't beautiful however he obviously finds this piece extremely evocative and finds that beyond its skin deep imperfections it is expressing more merit, meaning and ...

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