The poem recounts an artist who carves an idealized woman, growing from admiration to consuming love for his own handiwork. Unable to find satisfaction among living companions, he devotes himself to the image until he beseeches the goddess of love for aid; through divine intervention the statue awakens and becomes a living woman, and the artist's longing is fulfilled in marriage. Alongside the narrative, the verse explores themes of creative obsession, the blurred boundary between artifice and life, the spiritual dimension of craftsmanship, and the transformative power of love, all rendered in rich, decorative language that blends classical myth with medieval romantic sensibility.