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NL888 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Failed to get "as one a child's tooth draws"
Does "as one a child's tooth draws" mean "as one of the children's teeth emerges from behind their lips"?
Context:
Let me alone! I'll set them first to drinking
And then, as one a child's tooth draws, with cleverness
I'll worm their secret out, I'm thinking
They're of a noble house, that's very clear
Haughty and discontented they appear.
Context:
Let me alone! I'll set them first to drinking
And then, as one a child's tooth draws, with cleverness
I'll worm their secret out, I'm thinking
They're of a noble house, that's very clear
Haughty and discontented they appear.
Top answer
'Draw' = pull. When a child's tooth is loose and ready to come out, the child is often afraid of the pain that might occur, so a parent might resort to a clever trick to quickly pull out the tooth while the child is preoccupied.
- 'Draw' = pull.
- When a child's tooth is loose and ready to come out, the child is often afraid of the pain that might occur, so a parent might resort to a clever trick to quickly pull out the tooth while the child is preoccupied.
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'Draw' = pull.
When a child's tooth is loose and ready to come out, the child is often afraid of the pain that might occur, so a parent might resort to a clever trick to quickly pull out the tooth while the child is preoccupied.
When a child's tooth is loose and ready to come out, the child is often afraid of the pain that might occur, so a parent might resort to a clever trick to quickly pull out the tooth while the child is preoccupied.
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Thanks. But still failed to understand the grammatical structure of "as one a child's tooth draws"
Does it mean "as one tries to pull a child's (loose) tooth"?
Does it mean "as one tries to pull a child's (loose) tooth"?
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Hi.
I think the writer has switched the subject and verb order(subject-verb inversion) to turn it into a poetic style.
I think the writer has switched the subject and verb order(subject-verb inversion) to turn it into a poetic style.
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NL888Does it mean "as one tries to pull a child's (loose) tooth"?Right.
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