Seacoast Silhouette All up and down the dunes, the tall green grasses dance, as the wind plays lively tunes across the sandy exp
anse. But the moon above is a statue, 5 silent and somber and still, its reflection on the sea is a tattoo, that we watch from upon the hill. How does the metaphor in line 5 affect the poem's meaning?
IThe metaphor affects the meaning in the sense that it is not at all helping the other features in showing positive emotions. In this case the feelings are not so positive. the author says that the moon is quiet, dark and it is tattoo on the sea. The author is showing that moon is acting differently. The moon becomes the spoiler of the scene.
In line 34, the word “cut” refers to the literal cutting of the scalpel through flesh—what the surgeon addressed in the passage has “learned to cut into.”
