A short story by Katherine Mansfield and a poem by WH Auden present beautiful literary pieces, filled with fine, captivating descriptions and great sensitivity. They both make us look in a different way at certain things that we have already seen or observed, through the eyes of the authors. Both writers transform their perception to readers in a picturesque and delicate way, leaving no doubt that perception is in the eye of the beholder, we are told. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on “Why Violent Video Games Should Not Be Banned”?Get an Original EssayA short story “Miss Brill” by Katherine Mansfield tells readers about an afternoon in the life of Miss Brill. Readers do not have much information about Miss Brill: we only know that she is not yet young, that she gives some English lessons and that she likes to observe people. But even before providing this brief information about this lady, readers already know Miss Brill's world of senses: they already know how she perceives a beautiful Sunday afternoon, what colors the sky she looks at and the the air that surrounds it. Miss Brill breathes in the smells and tastes: for her, it is "...like the shiver of a glass of ice water before you sip it, and every now and then a leaf drifts away." Readers also know how nice it is to take an old fur out of the box and touch it again... From the beginning of the story, the author creates a feeling of presence; the images described are so vivid that readers feel like they are eyewitnesses to that Sunday afternoon. Later, readers become acquainted with other people, listening to the band with Miss Brill. But again, no real information is provided about these people, the "knowledge" is through Miss Brill's perception. Old people, sitting on a bench, couples, small children, a beautiful lady throwing a bouquet of violets, all these people appear to the readers in the same way that Miss Brill sees them, her attitude towards them is conveyed to the readers , and readers take on Miss Brill's perception. The sounds of the Sunday Band are also described in a very fine and enchanting way. Readers discover how Miss Brill's musical perception changes as her emotions change: "because even though the band played all year round on Sundays, out of season, it was never the same." Perhaps to another person all the sounds played by the band would seem the same, or they would change in some other way, but the readers perceive it the same way Miss Brill feels it. The feeling that Miss Brill experiences after overhearing the conversation of a young couple is also described with the help of images: the way is illustrated how Miss Brill refuses her traditional piece of honey cake and hands over her beloved fur in the box made readers see how she felt. The poem "Museum of Fine Arts" by WH Auden gives readers the author's perception of certain masterpieces. In a delicate way it is described how important every detail of these paintings is, how much meaning is included in each movement of the brush. The author persuades readers that ancient painters “really understood the human position.” WH Auden has a great gift for seeing the whole story behind the parts of the paintings, and readers also learn to understand the meaning of the details of the works of art. Reading the poem, readers see (perhaps even for the first time, although they may have seen the painting before) that the water, the sun, the sky, and the ship in the masterpiece Brueghel's work are all combined.