And then a desk. A newspaper. A window. English rain
Describing ones return to the real world and escaping their thoughts. Repetition of the rain from the beginning
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The certainty of a place turns on the lightsall over town, turns up the scent on the air.
Describing the returning process from ones thoughts
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Then suddenly you are lost but not lost
Paradox, contradicting statement as one cannot be lost and not lost at the same time
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Apt soundsmark the passing of the hours. Seagulls. Bells. A flutepracticing scales.
Imagery/sounds, helping one picture and hear bells ringing, flutes playing, and seagulls chirping.
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You go to your job, right at the old hotel, left,then left again.
Imagery, sketching and describing ones path to their job
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The rasp of carpentry wakes you
Imagery/sound, helping one picture and hear the sound of carpentry
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A moon like an orange drawn by a child.
Figurative language, simile used to the moon being drawn like an orange is drawn by a child
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A beautiful boyin the bar on the harbour serves you a drink
Imagery, describing the boy and his actions
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Their faces are photographson the wrong side of your eyes
Figurative language, Metaphor comparing the faces of the photographs with the wrong side of ones eyes.
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The past fades like newsprint in the sun.
Figurative language, uses a simile to compare the fading of the past with the newsprint in the sun
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your mindyou put aside your work and head for the airportwith a credit card and a warm coat you will leaveon the plane.
Enjambment (run off sentence)
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Its language is muffled by the rain
Figurative language, uses personification to define the rain.
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