In her collection titled Esperanza: Poems for Orpheus, Holly Prado uses the metaphor of Orpheus to illustrate the nature of creative inspiration. Prado also, according to Women's Review of Books contributor Alison Townsend, shows how mythology is a part of our everyday life. She starts by describing the mythic character of Orpheus in her introduction. Orpheus's music enchanted people, animals, and gods alike. Even trees uprooted themselves in ecstasy. As Prado notes in her introduction to Esperanza, "Orpheus becomes the background for all inspiration and represents a personal union with the divine."

Source: Gale In Context: Biography