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Inchoateknowledge Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

slither on the resin

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01font00"I wanted my readers to hear for themselves02font00 the sounds of the fight, and 01font00how the words which end in 's' are really the shoes of the boxers as they slither on the resin. 02font00What I am saying is that in my poems I try not so much to describe things as actually to make them, with words."02br
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00Question: 'What 00does the read part mean?'02br
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00To make things with words (second sentence)? How is it done?02br
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00The writer says 'What I am trying to say'. What is it that he was trying to say in the first sentence and that he makes "clear" in the second? 05002br
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02br 00For example the "s" sound represents/ sounds like the boxers' feet slipping on the resin covering the floor of the boxing ring. 0-

— Annvan

  • 02br 00For example the "s" sound represents/ sounds like the boxers' feet slipping on the resin covering the floor of the boxing ring.
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0 Just listening to the sound and rhythm of the words read out aloud gives the listener a feeling/ an impression of the fight.02br
00For example the "s" sound represents/ sounds like the boxers' feet slipping on the resin covering the floor of the boxing ring. 0-
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01cite10Annvan12cite10Just listening to the sound and rhythm of the words read out aloud gives the listener a feeling/ an impression of the fight. For example the "s" sound represents/ sounds like the boxers' feet slipping on the resin covering the floor of the boxing ring.12blockquote
10hi Annvan02br
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0 Come to think of it that would make it a bit too slippery!! Resin is used in boxing (for exactly what, I don't know - we'll have to ask a boxing fan/expert) and perhaps this gets on the floor during the fight... 0-
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