Preludes Quotes Flashcards
winter evening…
winter evening settles down
burnt-out….
burnt-out ends of smoky day
Emotive adj. in Preludes 1
grimy, withered, vacant
The showers beat….
The showers beat
On broken blinds
The lighting of the…
the lighting of the lamps.
morning comes to…
morning comes to consciousness
Synecdoche in Prelude 2
muddy feet
hands that are raising dingy shades
Hyperbole in Preludes
thousand furnished rooms
thousand sordid images
They … against the ceiling
They flickered against the ceiling
light …. between the shutters
light crept up between the shutters
the sparrows in the…
the sparrows in the gutters
Or clasped the yellow soles of feet
In the palms of….
Or clasped the yellow soles of feet
In the palms of both soiled hands
His soul stretched…
His soul stretched tight across the skies
Synecdoche in Prelude 3
short square fingers
eyes
insistent feet
The conscience of a blackened street….
The conscience of a blackened street Impatient to assume the world
