Phoenix, Volume 1Sri Lanka Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies, 1990 - Commonwealth literature (English) |
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Page 16
... eyes were sore with pain , and they were growing benumbed , lifeless . Try as much as she might , she could not open her eyes . " Tell me , are you going to leave me ? ' She closed the bag , leant her head on it and sobbed . There were ...
... eyes were sore with pain , and they were growing benumbed , lifeless . Try as much as she might , she could not open her eyes . " Tell me , are you going to leave me ? ' She closed the bag , leant her head on it and sobbed . There were ...
Page 18
... eyes tight . If she closed her eyes , all the light should be outside . The dark sky would be trapped in the closed eyes . Only birds with white wings would occasionally dart through that sky . Is it really the sky ? May be the ocean ...
... eyes tight . If she closed her eyes , all the light should be outside . The dark sky would be trapped in the closed eyes . Only birds with white wings would occasionally dart through that sky . Is it really the sky ? May be the ocean ...
Page 40
... eyes ' stare at us from the page . The rhythms of the new stanza are clogged and harsh . The clashing stresses , the stumbling monosyllables and thick consonants , which slow the line down , enact the clumsy movements of the creature ...
... eyes ' stare at us from the page . The rhythms of the new stanza are clogged and harsh . The clashing stresses , the stumbling monosyllables and thick consonants , which slow the line down , enact the clumsy movements of the creature ...
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