Stiff Drink

[QDeathstar]

Thanks again tectak-

The interesting thing that happens when one comment is based upon another is that they reinforce each other. In this case, both are off the mark:

- "Hot steel" is not a metaphor. It is literal. Steel, within the context of this poem, would have to be hot, or else it would not be accurate.

- "Stiff drink" is a metaphor. It is not literal.


"Without" and "feeling" may very well be telling, but they are also literally showing (in this case, as part of a concrete poem).

... Mark

Well, it's clever.