This poem delivers a point that appeals balance between sexual induce and desire. Using concepts of Renaissance Perfection, the author use simple objects to describe the lure from women: Rose represents red lip that gives people passion and desire to approach, and Lily represent white skin, which represents holiness and chastity, which prevent people from getting close. I can see from this stream of concept of women: the perfect women is a combination of beauty and chastity, sexiness and holiness. Perfect women builds up an impression that can stimulate people's desires but keep them from it.
Beautiful things are those that cannot merge into the mass. Grassroots culture cannot be regarded as "beautiful" and "perfect" because there are too many people who can create, perform and appreciate, and through those "reprint" and "rebuild", there are two possibilities, one is that people add too much other elements into this form of art and therefore its uniqueness disappear; the other is that it completely changed to another form of art that deviated from the original meaning. Therefore, perfect beauty is a kind of art that only little can approach and appreciate, while leaving the majority confused or keeping the majority away. These works are unique and sacred, and that's what ancient Greek elements of beauty are. Like the temple, only those who had close relationship to gods could get in, while others respected but could not approach.
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