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17:56 Dec 9, 2010 |
French to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / description of the end of this life | |||||||
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4 +4 | to the warm embrace of Mother Earth |
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4 +4 | earthy flesh |
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3 | dusty crust |
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2 | into the pale (palid?) arms of mother earth |
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The Big Bob says |
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dusty crust Explanation: Sorry, no references! Just poetic license. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 12 mins (2010-12-09 18:08:34 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- I think this is describing the earth itself, not the remains of mortals buried therein. |
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to the warm embrace of Mother Earth Explanation: a suggestion, it is poetic after all so equivalence rather than literalism needed a definitive interring/burial/surrender to the (rather than "in the")... I see this as the "flesh" personifying the earth making it like a living thing, thus a warm embrace -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2010-12-09 19:14:17 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- warm embrace of Mother Earth (personified by use of capitals)gets 179, 000 ghits. "Surrendering" gives idea of following natural law, ashes to ashes etc. "Earthen clay" would be too cold and inert imo for equation with "flesh". This site may give you further ideas about funerals et al Funeral and Grief Poems: www.eulogyspeech.net/funeral-poems/ - Cached -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2010-12-09 19:15:20 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- agree with Bourth about planet implying inter-galactic trips! |
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