I inferred this to be the paragraph where the expression was taken from;
"No, the romance and the beauty were all gone from the river. All the value any feature of it had for me now was the amount of usefulness it could furnish toward compassing the safe piloting of a steamboat. Since those days, I have pitied doctors from my heart. <em>What does the lovely flush in a beauty's cheek mean to a doctor but a "break" that ripples above some deadly disease? Are not all her visible charms sown thick with what are to him the signs and symbols of hidden decay? Does he ever see her beauty at all, or doesn't he simply view her professionally, and comment upon her unwholesome condition all to himself? And doesn't he sometimes wonder whether he has gained most or lost most by learning his trade?."</em>
<u><em>Explanation</em></u>:
There is a reasonable possibility that the expression "<em>break</em>" is referring to a break or shift in perception a doctor may have for a patient who has a lovely smile but is suffering from a deadly disease.
In other words, what he sees may trigger a mental shift in his perception, which is highlighted on the statement made further in the paragraph which says; "Are not all her visible charms sown thick with what are to him the signs and symbols of hidden decay?." Meaning the Doctor has gotten a "break" and thus no longer sees the beauty in the patient.
A Possible Explanation: I believe the metaphor at the end, "being men as well as leaves, to die for the sun", is referring back to the personification/simile seen here: "midsummer's leaves race to extinction like the roar
of a Brixton riot tunneled by water hoses".
In tandem, the word lemmings has two meanings, as read in the dictionary: "a small, short-tailed, thickset rodent related to the voles, found in the Arctic tundra."
and
"a person who unthinkingly joins a mass movement, especially a headlong rush to destruction."
I believe "autumn's fire" and "the sun" are both symbolic of war, an idea of it, and/or passion for it. I read that this poem is criticizing the human aspect that is war and how short-lived and ignorant it all ends up coming out to be.
I hope this helps ♡
Answer:
D. Cubism
the only one that really makes since on whats its called
<u>Lunar eclipse:</u>
Shadow falls on the moon.
Moon becomes dark.
Anybody on Earth who can see the moon sees it become dark.
<u>Solar eclipse:</u>
Shadow falls on the Earth.
A small spot on the Earth becomes dark.
People who happen to be inside that small spot see darkness for a few minutes.
(They see the sun become dark in the sky.)
