"My mind felt like a measure with the feet marked on it, and no matter what I thought of that night, it had to be measured with the same rule.”
— Flora MacDonald Denison (1867-1921)
Work Title
Place of Publication
Toronto
Publisher
Austin Publishing Company
Date
1900
Metaphor
"My mind felt like a measure with the feet marked on it, and no matter what I thought of that night, it had to be measured with the same rule.”
Metaphor in Context
“Well, father,” she said, “it was like this. My mind seemed to have become saturated with “The Raven.” It wound itself round and round me and then when I thought of anything else, it took the same meter itself. My mind felt like a measure with the feet marked on it, and no matter what I thought of that night, it had to be measured with the same rule.”
Categories
Provenance
Contributed by Suzanne Morgen searching GoogleBooks
Citation
MacDonald, Flora. Mary Melville, the Psychic. Toronto: The Austin Publishing Co., Limited, 1900. Link to GoogleBooks .
Date of Entry
01/12/2010
Date of Review
04/21/2010
