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SUNARDI Posted 9 years ago
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"She begins in the pond at the edge of Tom Hatcher’s cornfield, where the stalks drag needy fingers across a summer moon."


What do "stalk" and "needy fingers" mean?

  

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She is in a field where corn is growing. These are cornstalks (also shortened to "stalks") It is summer and the stalks are high, so she sees the moon behind them. The stalks look like fingers.

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  • She is in a field where corn is growing.
  • These are cornstalks (also shortened to "stalks") It is summer and the stalks are high, so she sees the moon behind them.
  • The stalks look like fingers.
  • It is colorful language describing the cornstalks against the moon.
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She is in a field where corn is growing.

These are cornstalks (also shortened to "stalks")

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