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the French title recalls the title of an Impressionist painting. In fact the poem is a description of London at dawn and is based on colours and sounds. Blue , yellow and grey are the dominant colours . they are cold colours and they fit well to the fading of night. The magic atmosphere of blue and gold melts in grey and yellow nuances. Cold fog spreads everywhere . We feel the silence. Suddenly an unreal sight: Saint Paul’s dome floats on the fog over the city.
In the second part of the poem sounds and motion dominate: the city is waking up: carts fill the streets, everyone starts work. Also nature seems to wake up: a little bird sings on the wet roofs. But everything fades away when in the fore ground a lonely woman comes forward to symbolize human solitude
Clara from Italy