How would you describe this Irish scenery?

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How would you describe the view in the picture I have attached in a dramatic manner?

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This is not an assignment. There is no specific context. I am just interested in creative and dramatic English.

If you click on the picture, it'll get bigger.
 
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Why are you particularly interested in creative and dramatic English? (Note that "dramatic English" doesn't really work unless you're actually writing a script for a drama.)

It's a picture of a road running along the top of a fairly craggy cliff.

If you're determined to make a description more dramatic, please try doing it yourself first.
 

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I would describe it as a coastal scene.

I clicked on the picture. Did you get bigger?
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Please don't edit your posts after people have responded. It can make the responses look nonsensical. You should edit only when there are no responses or if one of the responses specifically asks you to do so.
 

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Why are you particularly interested in creative and dramatic English? (Note that "dramatic English" doesn't really work unless you're actually writing a script for a drama.)

It's a picture of a road running along the top of a fairly craggy cliff.

If you're determined to make a description more dramatic, please try doing it yourself first.

I really love poetic and literary English. How would a writer describe this scenery? They would probably use terms like restless sea, towering mountain, emerald green, etc....
 

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Perhaps:

It's a coastal road, with the mountains on one side and the sea on the other side.
 

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Perhaps:

It's a coastal road, with the mountains on one side and the sea on the other side.


Thanks but not poetic enough.:)
 

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Well, you can easily overdo it with the modifiers.
 

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Remember Mark Twain's admonition, "When you catch an adjective, kill it."
 

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Unless the photo is reversed the car is driving on the left. That and the complete lack of trees narrows the possible locations considerably. My money's on Scotland or Ireland. So how about this:

As you motor south along the coastal highway the verdant but treeless hills tumble down from above to crash into the sea below on your left.

Is that poetic enough for you?

(Oops, I should have read the thread title more carefully. Ireland it is.)
 
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Seems like an avalanche to me.
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Unless the photo is reversed the car is driving on the left. That and the complete lack of trees narrows the possible locations considerably. My money's on Scotland or Ireland. So how about this:

As you motor south along the coastal highway the verdant but treeless hills tumble down from above to crash into the sea below on your left.

Is that poetic enough for you?

(Oops, I should have read the thread title more carefully. Ireland it is.)

I really enjoyed it sir.:-D

This is the kind of English I live for!
 

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I really enjoyed it. [STRIKE]sir.[/STRIKE] :-D

There is no need to address anyone here as "sir" or "madam/ma'am". It's overly formal. Also, in this case, it suggests that you automatically assumed that the responder was male.
 

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...you automatically assumed that the responder was male.

Not necessarily. My photo is in my profile. Therefore anybody can see I am male. But I certainly agree, there's no need for formality in our forum. Common courtesy is all we need, as Herewego recently learned to his cost.
 

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Not necessarily. My photo is in my profile. Therefore anybody can see I am male. But I certainly agree, there's no need for formality in our forum. Common courtesy is all we need, as Herewego recently learned to his cost.

Is that the one who was over the top rude?
 

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Yep. Rover patiently gave hin a one-week ban, but Tdol decided to go the whole hog on him. I can't disagree with that.
 

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I'd bet my boots Herewego was a he. Dropping f-bombs ...

But whatever, we'll hear no more from him, and that's a good thing.
 
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