Prompt:
Masterpiece, a full-screen, multi-block linocut print in a broad format, illustrating the poem of cyclical longing. The scene is a painstakingly detailed, symbolic depiction of a love that burns and fades, only to be rekindled.
A solitary imperial guardsman is shown at his post by a massive, ornate gate. By his feet, a small, carefully contained fire burns in a bronze brazier. The flames are not soft and glowing, but are a jagged burst of sharp, carved lines in vibrant vermilion and orange, representing the intense, "burning" passion of night. The guardsman himself is the embodiment of the "exhausted" day; his posture is weary, his armor and features rendered with heavy, downward-slanting hatch marks and muted tones of grey and steel blue, suggesting emotional and physical depletion. The cycle described in the poem is visualized through the composition itself. The scene is split, not by a literal line, but by the contrast between the fiery, textural explosion and the solemn, solid geometry of the imperial architecture and the fatigued figure. This represents the endless, repeating loop of fervent longing and weary despair. The overall mood is one of trapped, relentless emotion, achieved through a masterful interplay of intricate detail, high-contrast symbolism, and the raw, textured beauty of the linocut medium. Ukiyo-e, linocut, key block, bold outlines, flat colors, intricate, atmospheric, high-contrast, textured, stylistic, symbolic, screen-filling.
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