'weathered faces lined in pain/are soothed beneath the artist's loving hand.' is about how Vincent would paint workers and he would make them beautiful.

'Colours changing hue' the changing of tint, Vincent's life changed a lot. 'Flaming Flowers' 'Brightly Blaze' are showing the brush strokes. 'Vincent's eyes of chine blue' is about how his eyes showed us his fragile and delicate soul. But by the end we can tell that the 'they' is society. In the poem Don McLean uses the pronoun 'they' at the beginning there are a number of different possibilities of what is meant by they society, Vincent's family, Vincent's troubles, Vincent's 'demons'. This is to show how even on the happiest of days, Vincent felt sadness and sorrow. Throughout the song Don McLean uses positive connotation and then straight after uses negative connotation. The repetition of the phrase 'starry, starry night' is showing the importance of the heavens, Vincent liked night time and Vincent would paint night skies with lots and lots of stars. Don McLean's greatest point is that we as a society should become more accepting. Don McLean is trying to tell us (the listeners) that no one would listen to what Vincent was trying to say, and that people didn't realise the true meaning of Vincents paintings, People thought of him as odd. Don McLean has seen Vincents paintings and has seen what Vincent was trying to show/say with them. He is saying that society doesn't the meaning of why artists are painting or writing, he has dealt with this problem as well. I think that 'Vincent' is about how Don McLean understands what the struggles of an artist is like. Lie crushed and broken On the virgin snow.Īnd now I think I know what you tried to say to me With eyes That watch the world and can't forget. Swirling clouds in violet haze reflect inĪre soothed beneath the artist's Loving hand.Īnd when no hope was left in sight on that starry Then came upon this song recently and heard it like new.Īnd now I understand what you tried to say to me I stopped listening to the radio some 20 years ago. I am not an artist of any kind, just a fan touched by this song.

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