Monet Refuses the Operation
I really love this poem. I have to share with you all. / Claude Monet (1840—1926) was a French impressionist painter. As he aged, he developed cataracts, but refused to have them surgically removed. In this 46-line free verse poem, Monet, the speaker, tries to make the doctor understand his reasons for refusing the operation. / Doctor, you say there are no haloes / around the streetlights i…