Although the birds fly north for the summer, they return here in winter.

The elaboration of this Donne-like metaphysical simile leads her to a cautionary conclusion, which has been praised for nearly a century for its profundity cast in the cracker-barrel tone of the “Down East” porch philosopher: And he whose soul is flat — the sky/Will cave in on him by and by.

He was yucking loudly at the plate in front of him.

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