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didishop
didishop
Student
College - Freshman

What does "coal" (l.15) represent in the text?

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Posted by didishop on Monday March 16, 2009 at 6:04 PM and tagged with ie theme, symbolism, virtue.

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  1. aranut
    aranut Teacher
    College - Junior

    Wood burns and turns to coal , ie. its death.  It is like day becoming night, rose fading and falling, spring giving way to winter etc.,

    Every wordly thing has its day and night, glory and fall and its birth and death.

     

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    Posted by aranut on Sunday December 6, 2009 at 7:15 AM