Expanses

Alcuin of York: I think the biggest flaw is simply that the meaning is opaque, based on your difficulty in understanding my concept.  I take that as a flaw on my part, though I don't know exactly what to do to fix it.  The poem is not at all intended to be about a painting, though one could certainly not blame you since I begin the poem saying it is a fresco on a prison wall...  I would invite you to read it again with the knowledge that the landscape is real, and referring to it as a painting on a prison wall is the metaphor.  See if that helps.