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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary
"Edge against a wall"
Hello,
I would like to know the possible meanings of the phrase "edge against a wall" in the following stanza from a poem by Harryette Mullen. Is it a idiomatic expression applied to some circumstances?
I can imagine a sentence like this "install the first strip with its grooved edge against the wall" related to "HOME CLINIC stuff". But I can't figure out very well what "edge against the wall" means here:
"sun goes on shining
while the debbil beats his wife
blues played lefthanded
topsy-turvy inside out
under the weather
down by the sea
a broke johnny walker
mister meaner
bigger than a big man
cirrus as a heart attracts
more power than a loco motive
think your shit don’t stink
edge against a wall (edge of what???)
wearing your colors
soulfully worn out
stylishly distressed"
Thanks a LOT, Laumont.
I would like to know the possible meanings of the phrase "edge against a wall" in the following stanza from a poem by Harryette Mullen. Is it a idiomatic expression applied to some circumstances?
I can imagine a sentence like this "install the first strip with its grooved edge against the wall" related to "HOME CLINIC stuff". But I can't figure out very well what "edge against the wall" means here:
"sun goes on shining
while the debbil beats his wife
blues played lefthanded
topsy-turvy inside out
under the weather
down by the sea
a broke johnny walker
mister meaner
bigger than a big man
cirrus as a heart attracts
more power than a loco motive
think your shit don’t stink
edge against a wall (edge of what???)
wearing your colors
soulfully worn out
stylishly distressed"
Thanks a LOT, Laumont.
Top answer
Much of the poem is not cast grammatically. I take 'edge' as a verb, and 'edge against a wall' would mean 'move slowly close to a wall', as if one were guarding oneself from surprise attack or were creeping up to do the same, perhaps.
- Much of the poem is not cast grammatically.
- I take 'edge' as a verb, and 'edge against a wall' would mean 'move slowly close to a wall', as if one were guarding oneself from surprise attack or were creeping up to do the same, perhaps.
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Much of the poem is not cast grammatically. I take 'edge' as a verb, and 'edge against a wall' would mean 'move slowly close to a wall', as if one were guarding oneself from surprise attack or were creeping up to do the same, perhaps.
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