The window-lights, myriads and myriads, Bloom from the walls like climbing flowers.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker describes city lights as if they are blooming flowers climbing up the walls. It turns a man-made scene into something natural and beautiful.
- In plain terms
- The city lights look like flowers growing up the walls of buildings.
- What can you take from it?
- Urban scenes can be seen as beautiful and natural through metaphor.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How does comparing light to flowers change perception?
- What else looks like a flower?
Another view
The metaphor simplifies the complex reality of city infrastructure.
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