Read full poem →virtue of simplicity and sincerity, and are at once an admirable
portrait of the man and a lasting tribute to the poet Gay.
Dictionary Entry
A painting or other picture of a person, especially the head and shoulders.
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Common Phrases
. portraitgallery portraitpainter portraitportrait nationalportrait length
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Synonyms
Poetry examples for “portrait”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Greek, and is our chief authority as regards the
text. It should contain an octagon portrait,
often missing.
Read full poem →The Second Volume is embellished with a Portrait of Ed-
ward Lord Herbert of Cherburv.
Read full poem →The Poor Ghost
A Portrait
Dream-Love
Read full poem →Douglas Johnson; Summer Matures, Fulfillment, The
Road by Helene Johnson; Portrait by George Leonard
Allen; For the Candlelight by Angelina Weld Grimké;
Read full poem →Gabriel Rossetti: a Record and a Study J while the Rossetti
portrait, chosen for frontispiece, is an enlarged copy by
Bierstadt process of the original photograph of 1862.
Read full poem →And, lest the guessing throw the fool in fits,
I close the portrait with the name of PITTS.