PUNCHI Posted 17 years ago
Mine, said the stone/
mine is the hour/
I crush the scissors/
such is my power/
Stronger than wishes/
my power, alone/
Mine, said the paper/
mine are the words/
that smother the stone/
with imagined birds/
reams of them, flown/
from the mind of the shaper/
Mine, said the scissors/
mine all the knives/
gashing through paper’s/
ethereal lives/
nothing’s so proper/
as tattering wishes/
As stone crushes scissors/
as paper snuffs stone/
and scissors cut paper/
all end alone/
So heap up your paper/
and scissor your wishes/
and uproot the stone/
from the top of the hill/
They all end alone/
as you will, you will/
Would you paraphrase the following poem line by line?
Song of the Powers-by David Mason
Mine, said the stone/
mine is the hour/
I crush the scissors/
such is my power/
Stronger than wishes/
my power, alone/
Mine, said the paper/
mine are the words/
that smother the stone/
with imagined birds/
reams of them, flown/
from the mind of the shaper/
Mine, said the scissors/
mine all the knives/
gashing through paper’s/
ethereal lives/
nothing’s so proper/
as tattering wishes/
As stone crushes scissors/
as paper snuffs stone/
and scissors cut paper/
all end alone/
So heap up your paper/
and scissor your wishes/
and uproot the stone/
from the top of the hill/
They all end alone/
as you will, you will/
Top answer
Punchi, there is nothing to paraphrase; the language couldn't be simpler or more direct. If you can't figure this one out, you had better stay away from poetry for a few more years. org/wiki/Rock-paper-scissors ]ROCK-PAPER-SCISSORS[/url].
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Punchi, there is nothing to paraphrase; the language couldn't be simpler or more direct. If you can't figure this one out, you had better stay away from poetry for a few more years. This poem is simply a flight of fancy on the children's game of [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock-paper-scissors]ROC
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