They used to find such things funny in the past, but now their sense of humour has changed.
The poet uses an innuendo in the first septet, giving an example of how the things he finds funny are different now.
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- Feb 2017
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In something the size of the sea,you can’t be sure who’s watching from above.
What was the poet trying to say here?
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No, not in the ocean.
Is the poet going to piss somewhere much more absurd?
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Piss, and a tiger-fish darts through a skull-hole, a weedweaves itself through ribs.
Why does the poet describe skull-holes and ribs?
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she could see the yellow billows spread like gasor dreams between kids’ legs.
Why does the poet compare the piss to "yellow billows spread[ing] like gas"?
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she could see the yellow billows spread like gasor dreams between kids’ legs.
Why was the poet's sister looking at what was coming out between the kids' legs?
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- Jan 2017
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Two households, both alike in dignity (In fair Verona, where we lay our scene), From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.
The first quatrain establishes the exposition of the play's plot structure.
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