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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
a poem structure
'"The" is the word that hammers importance onto rigid fact and fixes to it the burden of being absolute.'
(This is the beginning of a poem by Roy Hinks, first published in 1979)
I don't follow the structure of the sentence.
"The is the word that / hammers(plural noun)... importance onto rigid fact (noun phrase) and fixes (singular verb?) to it...the burden of being absolute (noun phrase) ????"
Please, I beg of you to explain this sentence structure.
(This is the beginning of a poem by Roy Hinks, first published in 1979)
I don't follow the structure of the sentence.
"The is the word that / hammers(plural noun)... importance onto rigid fact (noun phrase) and fixes (singular verb?) to it...the burden of being absolute (noun phrase) ????"
Please, I beg of you to explain this sentence structure.
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Anonymous hammers(plural noun). No; it is one of the main verbs: 'hammers... and fixes' .
- Anonymous hammers(plural noun).
- No; it is one of the main verbs: 'hammers...
- and fixes' .
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Anonymous hammers(plural noun).No; it is one of the main verbs: 'hammers... and fixes'.
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Mister MicawberNo; it is one of the main verbs: 'hammers... and fixes'.Many Thanks. It = the burden of being absolute ?
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Anonymous'The' is the word that / hammers... importance onto rigid fact and fixes to it...the burden of being absoluteThe underlined 'it' refers to 'fact'. Is that what you are asking about?
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