27. Read the lines from the poem. "This flickering light on the water as boats pass by / Is the flow that many painters have tried to capture / Without holding too still __ Analyze how the lines reveal the poet's purpose for creating the poem Use information from the poem to support your analysis.

The lines "This flickering light on the water as boats pass by / Is the flow that many painters have tried to capture / Without holding too still" reveal the poet's purpose of exploring the tension between capturing a fleeting moment and allowing it to simply exist.<br /><br />The "flickering light" and "flow" represent the transient nature of beauty and experience. Painters, a visual metaphor for any artist attempting to preserve a moment, have historically attempted to "capture" this flow. However, the key is "Without holding too still." This suggests that the very act of trying to rigidly preserve something ephemeral can destroy its essence. The poet implies that true appreciation might lie in observing and experiencing the fleeting moment without desperately trying to possess or fix it in time. The poem itself, by describing the light rather than depicting it visually, participates in this act of appreciation through words, acknowledging the beauty of the transient moment without attempting a perfect, static recreation.<br />