Aug 13, 2015 18:51
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What is as hard, the shore means?
Non-PRO
English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
The Truth by Carl philips
—which is what
dropped shells can do, or a bond sworn to,
remember, once
couldn’t, a wooden boat between
unmanageable wave and rock or,
as hard, the shore.
(http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/177366)
dropped shells can do, or a bond sworn to,
remember, once
couldn’t, a wooden boat between
unmanageable wave and rock or,
as hard, the shore.
(http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/177366)
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There's an English expression "between a rock and a hard place" to describe a difficult choice or situation.
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