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Re: Shade's little scissors as a synthesis of sun and star
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In a message dated 8/26/2010 10:57:58 AM Central Daylight Time,
skylark05@MAIL.RU writes:
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> Matt Roth: In Canto Two, Shade describes his "little scissors" (183) as a
> "synthesis of sun and star." I have never understood this image. I've
> looked at my own nail scissors in an attempt to see what Shade was seeing, alas
> to no avail. Help!
>
The lighter parts of the nails (the bottoms, that is) are usually called
"moons."
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skylark05@MAIL.RU writes:
>
> Matt Roth: In Canto Two, Shade describes his "little scissors" (183) as a
> "synthesis of sun and star." I have never understood this image. I've
> looked at my own nail scissors in an attempt to see what Shade was seeing, alas
> to no avail. Help!
>
The lighter parts of the nails (the bottoms, that is) are usually called
"moons."
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