Surreal
It was the end of sorrow lies. The rail stations were dead, flowing like bees stung from honeysuckle. The people hung back and watched the ocean, animals flew in and out of focus. The time had come. Yet king dogs never grow old – they stay young and fit, and someday they might come to the beach and have a few drinks, a few laughs, and get on with it. But not now. The time had come; we all knew it. But who would go first?
Juxtaposition between words like "sorrow," "dead," "stung" and "young," "laughs," "beach."
Neither they nor it is working.
What is "they is working"
They does not agree with the verb.
First she fell under his spell. Then she fell under a train.
What is syllepsis?
We were partners, not soul mates, two separate people who happened to be sharing a menu and a life.
What is sharing..."
"Sharing" to the end is the syllepsis.
What miracle is this? This giant tree.
It stands ten thousand feet high
But doesn’t reach the ground. Still it stands.
Its roots must hold the sky.
What is the tree?
The tree stands yet doesn't touch the ground.
Dreamlike description where nothing makes sense.
John caught the train and a bad cold.
What is caught?
The word "caught" is used in 2 ways, one is to show how John rode the train, the other shows how he got sick.
“My wife with the hair of a wood fire
With the thoughts of heat lightning
With the waist of an hourglass
With the waist of an otter in the teeth of a tiger
My wife with the lips of a cockade and of a bunch of stars of the last magnitude
With the teeth of tracks of white mice on the white earth
With the tongue of rubbed amber and glass
My wife with the tongue of a stabbed host.”
What is surreal?
She blew my nose and then she blew my mind.
What is all of it?
Both parts are the syllepsis.
“Dark Poet, a maid’s breast
Haunts you,
Embittered poet, life seethes
And life burns,
And the sky reabsorbs itself in rain,
Your pen scratches at the heart of life.”
Dreamlike description of the sky reabsorbing itself in rain. Congruous juxtaposition between breasts and poet.
When I address Fred I never have to raise either my voice or my hopes.
What is raise?
the word "raise" is used in 2 ways.
Miss Bolo rose from the table considerably agitated, and went straight home in a flood of tears, and a sedan chair.
What is syllepsis?
Ana first meets Christian Grey at Grey House, which is home to Grey Enterprises, in Seattle, Ana, ushered into his presence, stumbles first over the threshold and then over her words.
What is stumbles...?
Stumbles to the end is the section that has syllepsis.
That is man! Backs of lead, sexual organs of fire, fears of mica, chemical hearts of the televisions of blood, hidden faces and wings — always wings, the north and south of our being!
Uses irrational images to describe a person.
I searched for a sign that she had witnessed more of Mrs. Hart's scandalous behavior, but her face was its usual mask of Max Factor foundation and disappointment with life.
What is mask?
Mask is used in 2 ways. The first describes how she has a lot of makeup on, the other shows her expression.
His face began melting from the slightest touches of winter. His skin boiled and his blood was ice.
What is surreal?
The secret to becoming a writer is to persist—to keep on writing regardless if you're paid any heed or money.
What is paid?
The last chunk of the sentence contains syllepsis.