Let seed be grass, and grass turn into hay:
i’m martyr to a motion not my own;
what’s...
Let seed be grass, and grass turn into hay:
i’m martyr to a motion not my own;
what’s freedom for? to know eternity.
i swear she cast a shadow white as stone.
but who would count eternity in days?
these old bones live to learn her wanton ways:
(i measure time by how a body sways).
source: roethke, theodore. “i knew a woman.” the collected poems of theodore roethke. new york: random house inc., 1961. poetry foundation. web. 9 june 2011.
which line is an example of the poetic technique metonymy?
“let seed be grass, and grass turn into hay: ”
“i’m martyr to a motion not my own; ”
“i swear she cast a shadow white as stone.”
“these old bones live to learn her wanton ways: ”
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