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what mean by linney's winga

 

umanda e #176777
Mar 30, 2011 2:16 AM

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what mean by linney's winga

poem is the lake isle of innisfree. poet is w.b. yeats

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Aslan
Sep 24, 2011 9:56 PM

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This is actually a metaphor, "'And evening full of the linnet's wings..." A Linnet is a small Finch-like bird. Yeats means that the beautiful sky is full of these birds. It is part of the natural beauty of this spot that he is trying to describe.
 

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