Reading respnse on poetry

   In Starry, Starry Night by Don McLean, it shows what he is thinking about when he sees Gogh's paintings and how he interprets his feelings from looking at the paintings. The theme is about his paintings and how he suffered for his sanity. It is also about what the writer thinks about his paintings and his life.
   In one of the lyrics, he says "how you suffered for your sanity/ how you tried to set them free" it shows that the writer thought that Gogh tried regain his sanity by painting. You can tell he thought of that because he says "how you tried to set them free". That says that the writer thought that Gogh tried to "set them free" by painting. This means that the writer is interpreting his feelings.
    In another one of the lyrics ""Flaming flowers that brightly blaze, Swirling clouds of violet haze/ Reflect in Vincent's eyes of china blue/ Colors changing hue, morning field of amber grain/ weathered faces lined in pain/ Are smoothed beneath the artist's loving hand", he talks about 2 paintings Goth made.
One is called "vase with 12 sunflowers" and the other one is called "potato eaters". The lyrics express the paintings and the writers thoughts of it. This shows that the writer is writing about what he thinks of Van Gogh's paintings.
   This text connects to the painter, Van gogh. It is about his paintings and it's also about how he was in a  asylum. It also reveals that the writer really admires Van Gogh because he wrote about hhim and his paintings. It also shows that the writer has a good understanding of Van Gogh.