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Volcano1985 Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
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That no one has managed to wield a hoe to the rhythm of the sun.
What does to wield a hoe to the rhythm of the sun mean?
What does to wield a hoe to the rhythm of the sun mean?
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A hoe is a garden or farming tool used to break up earth for planting or to chop weeds. The rhythm of the sun is "day and night". It would be unreasonable to use a hoe so slowly - nothing would be accomplished.
- A hoe is a garden or farming tool used to break up earth for planting or to chop weeds.
- The rhythm of the sun is "day and night".
- It would be unreasonable to use a hoe so slowly - nothing would be accomplished.
- Perhaps a Zen master used to moving very slowly would be able to do this, but why?
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A hoe is a garden or farming tool used to break up earth for planting or to chop weeds.
The rhythm of the sun is "day and night".
It would be unreasonable to use a hoe so slowly - nothing would be accomplished. Perhaps a Zen master used to moving very slowly would be able to do this, but why?
The rhythm of the sun is "day and night".
It would be unreasonable to use a hoe so slowly - nothing would be accomplished. Perhaps a Zen master used to moving very slowly would be able to do this, but why?
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I think "to wield" may be taken as "to apply," as well as "to use." (something like the usage, "I'm gonna take an axe to it," meaning "I'm going to apply an axe to it.")
To use a hoe to the rhythm of the sun would be to model one's actions with the hoe to match the rhythm of the sun, while applying the hoe to some typical task.
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To use a hoe to the rhythm of the sun would be to model one's actions with the hoe to match the rhythm of the sun, while applying the hoe to some typical task.
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Hi,
Remember that this is clearly a poetic, figurative kind of sentence. Doing anything to 'the rhythm of the sun' is a pleasant, appealing and relaxing idea.
The writer is not trying to write practical instructions on how to use a hoe correctly.
Best wishes, Clive
Remember that this is clearly a poetic, figurative kind of sentence. Doing anything to 'the rhythm of the sun' is a pleasant, appealing and relaxing idea.
The writer is not trying to write practical instructions on how to use a hoe correctly.
Best wishes, Clive
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Perhaps I'm being dim, but to me the quote is obscure and hard to interpret. I have little idea what it means. Although "the rhythm of the sun" most naturally means the diurnal rhythm, which, as AS says, would not be a productive speed at which to wield a hoe, in this context it has to me more of a sense of "nature's rhythm" or "the way things happen naturally".
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Mr Wordy "I mean that no one has managed to wield a hoe to the rhythm of the sun and no one has yet reaped grain with love and grace."Thanks for the quote, Wordy. You guys are so quick with your internet skills! I'm embarrassed.
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Volcano1985
Could it be,
No one has managed to prevent sunrise?
That, or something like it, is a nice idea, but to me a "hoe" seems an odd and not very appropriate tool to specify.
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Clive Doing anything to 'the rhythm of the sun' is a pleasant, appealing and relaxing idea.Ah, do I have a garden for you! (Bring your own hoe.) [H]
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Che sees these as the words of a desperate man...
" I mean no one has managed to wield a hoe to the rhythm of the sun
And no one has yet reaped grain with love and grace..."
These sentences both contrast the hard truths of peasant working life with the niceties of aspiration perhaps afforded only to the bourgeousie. As such, they perhaps echo Maslow's pyr
" I mean no one has managed to wield a hoe to the rhythm of the sun
And no one has yet reaped grain with love and grace..."
These sentences both contrast the hard truths of peasant working life with the niceties of aspiration perhaps afforded only to the bourgeousie. As such, they perhaps echo Maslow's pyr
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