Death And Rebirth (Gender)

The Dave · 09-18-2007, 11:34 PM

I actually forgot that that meant old age as well, that's my bad, you have a good point. But context clues usually give away what which meaning is implied in such cases whereas Arboreal and Bucolic could be a number of things, you assume Arboreal would relate to something pretty or majestic since it precedes the word birth, but you're not sure to what degree the beauty is. Same thing goes for Bucolic, it could be many things.

"Death of a season, death of trees."

I know it's been done before, and it can actually sound really well, but to just state it bluntly like that pretty much forces the reader to think of it in literal terms.

09-18-2007, 11:34 PM	#1 (permalink)
The Dave Me and The Major Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Kentucky Posts: 1,815	I actually forgot that that meant old age as well, that's my bad, you have a good point. But context clues usually give away what which meaning is implied in such cases whereas Arboreal and Bucolic could be a number of things, you assume Arboreal would relate to something pretty or majestic since it precedes the word birth, but you're not sure to what degree the beauty is. Same thing goes for Bucolic, it could be many things. "Death of a season, death of trees." I know it's been done before, and it can actually sound really well, but to just state it bluntly like that pretty much forces the reader to think of it in literal terms.