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 #2 (permalink) Sat Sep 16, 2006 12:58 pm Expression: Heat the color of fire... |
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| "Heat the color of fire, sky as heavy as mud, and under both the soil--hard, dry, unyielding. |
The heat was so intense that you could almost see it. And if you could see it, it would be the same color as fire. It was probably very humid, so the air felt heavy. In Michigan, where I live, on very hot, humid days, you can feel the air almost as a weight on you. Underneath this horrible heat and this heavy air, there was the dirt (soil). It was hard, dry and unyielding (it would not let you put a hoe into it or a plow through it).
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| It was a silent harvest. Across the valley, yellow rice fields stretched, stooped and dry." |
Stooped means bent over, as when a person is unable to stand up straight. I think the rice has had so little rain, that it is bent over, like an old person.
This novel seems to be written in very beautiful language. |
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Jamie (K)
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| #3 (permalink) Sat Sep 16, 2006 13:28 pm Expression: Heat the color of fire... |
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| Heat the color of fire |
Many thanks, Jamie for simplifying the lines! :D
However, I still find myself unable to understand thoroughly the line given above--sorry! :oops:
Could you please analyze the sentence a bit further for me?
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| #4 (permalink) Sat Sep 16, 2006 13:37 pm Expression: Heat the color of fire... |
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| Tom wrote: |
| "Heat the color of fire, sky as heavy as mud, and under both the soil--hard, dry, unyielding. |
The heat was the color of fire. The sky was as heavy as mud. Under this heat and that sky, there was soil. The soil was dry and hard, and it wouldn't give way to a hoe or plow.
It's technically not a complete sentence. |
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Jamie (K)
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| #5 (permalink) Tue Sep 19, 2006 10:40 am Expression: Heat the color of fire... |
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| Heat the color of fire |
The heat had the intensity of fire. |
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Conchita
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