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The death song of Isolde

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(Isolde who has taken in nothing around her,fixes her eyes to the death Tristan with growing ecstasy)
"How gently and quietly
he smiles,how fondly
he openes his eyes!
Do you see,friends?
Do you not see?
How he shines
ever brighter,
soaring on high,
stars sparkling around him?
Do you not see?
How his heart
proudly swells
and,brave and full,
pulses in his breasts?
How softly and gently
from his lips
sweet breath
flutters-
see,friends!
Do you not see and feel it?
Do I alone hear this melody
which so wondrous
and tender
in its blissful lament,
all-revealing,
gently pardoning,
sounding from him,
pierces me trough,
rises above,
blessedly echoing
and ringing round me?
Resounding yet more clearly,
wafting about me,
are they waves
of refreshing breezes?
As they clouds
of heavently fragrance?
As they swell
and roar round me,
shall i listen to them?
Shall i sip them,
plunge beneath them,
to expire
in sweet perfume?
In the surging swell,
in the ringing sound,
in the vast wave
of the world,s breath_
to drown,
to sink
unconscious-
supreme bliss!"

(Isolde last words III.Act "Tristan und Isolde" by RichardWagner)
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:star::star::star::star::star-half: Overall
:star::star::star::star::star-half: Vision
:star::star::star::star::star: Originality
:star::star::star::star::star: Technique
:star::star::star::star::star-half: Impact

You would usually expect a tormented Isolde if an artist decides to depict Liebestod, but what you have done here is premium originality (hence the 5 star rating). Most would go out for a broken Isolde, distraught, unbelieving, refusing to accept Tristan's demise in the subtext of her words. You on the other hand sought out to depict a beautiful Isolde, and delivering her sorrow and loss in the most profound detail possible, the tear that roles down her face. Her features are soft and the look in her eyes is a powerful one. She is wondering whether she has betrayed her love by accepting the fact that he has ceased to exist. If intended, then it is a master's touch, and if naturally occurring, then surely the work and vision of a prodigy. Bravo my friend.