Aesthetics: Description Delayed decoding
Description
Used in instances when the initial description of an object is ambiguous or defamiliarized, and the narrative only later clarifies exactly what was being described. For example, in _Flags in the Dust_, a clarinet is initially described as "a slender tube frosted over with keys" (143). BR
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Tagged Events
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Traditional music
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Shadows
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Cerberus | Description›Delayed decoding | Figures of Speech›Simile