"... moving from the minor mode it had been in throughout into the major, ending with a Picardy third cadence that, if it did not break Lew's heart exactly, did leave a fine crack that in time was to prove unmendable."
— Pynchon, Thomas (b. 1937)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
The Penguin Press
Date
2006
Metaphor
"... moving from the minor mode it had been in throughout into the major, ending with a Picardy third cadence that, if it did not break Lew's heart exactly, did leave a fine crack that in time was to prove unmendable."
Metaphor in Context
... moving from the minor mode it had been in throughout into the major, ending with a Picardy third cadence that, if it did not break Lew's heart exactly, did leave a fine crack that in time was to prove unmendable. ....
(p. 50)
(p. 50)
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Provenance
Reading
Citation
Pynchon, Thomas. Against the Day, New York: The Penguin Press, 2006.
Date of Entry
06/26/2007
