Don't read something that is not there.
The author wrote ""The curtains were blue"
What the English teacher thought he meant. "The curtains represent his mood and his slide into depression "
What the Author Meant " The Bloody curtains were Blue "
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Love this.
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After you grasp that everything else seems insignificant !!!
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Re: Love this.
It depends on whether the author was writing a poem or an article for House & Garden .
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" Prose is description, poetry is presence " Les Murray.
" Prose is description, poetry is presence " Les Murray.