"IF ONLY WE COULD UNDERSTAND WHAT LURKED IN HIS STRADIVARIUS OF A MIND!"

— Petri, Alexandra (b. 1988)

Author

Petri, Alexandra (b. 1988)

Work Title

What Could the President Possibly Mean When He Says He Wants to Deny the Post Office Funding? [The Washington Post]

Date
August 13, 2020
Metaphor
"IF ONLY WE COULD UNDERSTAND WHAT LURKED IN HIS STRADIVARIUS OF A MIND!"
Metaphor in Context
here must be some reason he said this strange-sounding thing! If only it were possible for the human brain to understand. IF ONLY IT WERE POSSIBLE TO KNOW WHAT THE PRESIDENT WAS DOING OR PLANNING FROM WHAT EMERGED FROM HIS MOUTH! IF ONLY HIS WORDS BORE SOME CLUE TO HIS THOUGHTS! IF ONLY WE COULD UNDERSTAND WHAT LURKED IN HIS STRADIVARIUS OF A MIND!
Categories
Music::Musical Instrument::Violin
Provenance
Reading
Citation
Alexandra Petri, "What Could the President Possibly Mean When He Says He Wants to Deny the Post Office Funding?" The Washington Post (August 13, 2020). <>
Date of Entry
08/13/2020

The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.