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English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO] Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature | |||||||
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The warrior-woman’s glorious vitality throbbed in her. The fire held worlds of its own, *liquid furn Explanation: Furnaces are permanently installed to provide heat to an interior space through intermediary fluid movement, which may be air, steam, or hot water. on the other hand "Mercury" means the closest planet to the sun. the whole last sentence figure out about lust/very strong sexual desire Reference: http://wikipedia.com Reference: http://yourdictionary.com |
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The contrast between the river water and the fire created a luminescent and surreal view. Explanation: I clicked on the link and read some lines before and after the quotes. Mercury is characterised by a flippant surface façade: it changes shades according to the sun rays. When the Sun rays hit on Mercury's surface, they create a prismatic, surreal (beautiful) appearance/view. |
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explanation Explanation: she is gazing into a fire of "sweet scented flames" and it's common for people to see "worlds" in the flames of a fire. Constantly changing images. Here these flames are likened to a liquid furnace, a hot burning fire that looks like burning liquid, like what would be seen on the sunny side of Mercury, so it's flickering, vaporous and throbbing. (Remember also that the element mercury is constantly moving and is the only metallic element that is liquid at standard conditions for temperature and pressure) This fire is also linked to the previous sentence where there is a fire of sensual desire throbbing inside her. There is sexual chemistry here between the man and woman and their "two perfect bodies" so the flames of the fire and the flames burning inside them are related. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 day 3 hrs (2020-07-21 12:53:00 GMT) Post-grading -------------------------------------------------- Glad to have helped. Good luck! |
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