compares her situation metaphorically to a "soldier" who surrenders in battle as "one who lifts him from the bloody earth." The enemy becomes nurturing once his foe has been vanquished.But for her, the battle was very real, and thus the metaphor remains quite apt. Thus she can finally and completely surrender.
from Linda Sue Grimes: Suite101.com: Barrett Browning's Sonnet 16
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At this point, the speaker shifts from the blackberries to words. He finds that just as those ripe blackberries fall easily and deliciously onto his tongue, so do certain words sometimes. He gives examples of those "certain peculiar words/like strengths or squinched"; he describes them as "many-lettered, one-syllabled lumps" which resemble the composition of the blackberry that is a clump of small drupelets.
from Linda Sue Grimes: Suite101.com: Kinnell's Blackberry Eating
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The most pathetic of all is the man in his "second childishness," for in this age, his final act, he is without teeth, eyes, taste, nay, without "everything." Demonstrating his French, Jaques uses the French term "sans" to state all those things the age seven man is "without": "Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything."
from Linda Sue Grimes: Suite101.com: Shakespeare's All the world's a stage
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The speaker metaphorically paints the scene of a grand banquet attended by all of his relatives and friends from his past lives. The advanced yogi literally experiences this gathering "in spacious hall of trance," that is, in deep meditation.
from Linda Sue Grimes: Suite101.com: Yogananda's My Kinsmen
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