A narrow wind

[towcats1]

Can you tell me the synonym for the adjective 'narrow' ? Why is the word someone written separately ?

The Sky is low — the Clouds are mean.
A Travelling Flake of Snow
Across a Barn or through a Rut
Debates if it will go —

A Narrow Wind complains all Day
How some one treated him
Nature, like Us is sometimes caught
Without her Diadem.

 

[Amigos4]

A comprehensive interpretation of Emily Dickinson's poem can be found here.

 

[Tdol]

Why is the word someone written separately ?

English has changed over time- people often wrote things differently in the past. We still write no one as two words.


Also, don't put a space before punctuation like question marks.

 

[towcats1]

It's the explanation for children . Nobody can explain the anybody's feelling. It's interesting to find the synonyms. I see pitiful, miserable, moaningful...

 

[towcats1]

Does it have the great meaning - this space? Why?

 

[Tdol]

No- we just don't do it:

Why is the word someone written separately ? :cross:
Why is the word someone written separately? :tick:

 

[towcats1]

I've understood. How about synonyms?

 

[BobK]

That page doesn't address the 'some one' issue.

But ED was writing in the mid-19th century, and - as this shows - the word 'someone' was formed from the two obvious elements. And by the 19th century the amalgamation of the word was not complete. The same is true of 'no body' and lots of other compound words.

b

 

[towcats1]

I've understood all about some one. I cannot understand anything about 'a narrow wind'.
That page contains a try to explain the unexplainable mystery.

 

[Amigos4]

I've understood all about some one. I cannot understand anything about 'a narrow wind'.
That page contains a try to explain the unexplainable mystery.

A good thesaurus will provide you with synonyms for 'narrow'. Choose synonyms from this list which you think are contextually appropriate for the poem. Let us know which synonyms you have selected.

 

[towcats1]

Thanks for a good thesaurus. You were given before - pitiful, miserable, moaningful...

 

[Amigos4]

Thanks for a good thesaurus. You were given before - pitiful, miserable, moaningful...

Nice choices, towcats1. What do you think about 'meager', 'paltry', and 'scant'? Would they help add to the contextual meaning of 'narrow wind'? ;-)

 

[BobK]

Is 'moaningful' a typo (for meaningful), or is it a word that's new to me (though quite an apt one):-? ;-)

b

 

[towcats1]

Nice choices, towcats1. What do you think about 'meager', 'paltry', and 'scant'? Would they help add to the contextual meaning of 'narrow wind'? ;-)

I like meager and paltry.
Moaningful= a moaning wind

 

[Amigos4]

I like meager and paltry.
Moaningful= a moaning wind

I like 'meager' and 'paltry', also! :up:
I've never seen 'moaningful' in a dictionary but I certainly understand what the meaning is! ;-)