In Anatole Broyard’s “Intoxicate by My Illness” what is the meaning to his closing image, where he states “the balance of my life is a beautiful paisley shawl thrown over a grand piano” (359)?

rhyming octave and a rhyming sestet

if i'm wrong i'm sorry

1.the hosts on two opposing mountains stood,  

2.thick as the foliage of the waving wood;  

3.between them an extensive valley lay,  

4.o'er which the gleaming armour pour'd the day,  

5.when from the camp of the philistine foes,

6. dreadful to view, a mighty warrior rose; in the dire deeds of bleeding battle skill'd,

the answer is

r ≈5.641

plug in the area of 100 yards into the equation

100=

divide each side by pi

≈ 31.8309=

take the square root of each side to find r

=r

r ≈5.641