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Thus, in the Dickinson poem, we can apply the PEOPLE ARE PLANTS metaphor to read the “Fields of Gazing Grain” as referring to a stage of life—maturity.
“Death is the veil which those who live call life;
They sleep, and it is lifted.”
― Prometheus Unbound
They sleep, and it is lifted.”
― Prometheus Unbound
“Gone mad is what they say, and sometimes Run mad, as if mad is a different direction, like west; as if mad is a different house you could step into, or a separate country entirely. But when you go mad you don't go any other place, you stay where you are. And somebody else comes in.”
― Alias Grace
― Alias Grace
“There is more than one kind of freedom," said Aunt Lydia. "Freedom to and freedom from. In the days of anarchy, it was freedom to. Now you are being given freedom from. Don't underrate it.”
― The Handmaid’s Tale
― The Handmaid’s Tale
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