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Sentence 16 From Robert Penn Warren’s All the King’s Men, 1946 “Mr. Patton’s n. n. granite visage seemed to lean adj. n. v. adj. toward prep. me like a pron. prep. adj. monument n. about prep. to fall.” n. ______________________________________________________________________________________ subj. LVP -----------------S.C--------------- ______________________________________________________________________________________ --------infinitive phrase---------prep. phrase---- ---------prep. phrase------- ----prep. phrase---- ______________________________________________________________________________________ --------------------------------------------------------------------------independent clause---------------------------------------------------------------------------a simple declarative sentence ______________________________________________________________________________________ Grammar: Vocabulary: This sentence suddenly evolves into a labyrinth of phrases without ever losing its clarity. The verb seemed is one of the classic linking verbs; if—as seems logical—we regard to lean toward me as the subject complement, then we must interpret to lean as an adjective modifying visage, rather than as an adverb modifying seemed. The noun visage means face, particularly the shape and proportion of the face; vid means look. W66 Poetics: Notice the scary eeeee in sEEmed lEAn mE. The sentence gathers rhythmic force with iambics, but notice the double stress at me like; there is an tottering pause created, then a MON / u MENT / a BOUT / to FALL. Notice the alliteration of me and monument; sometimes adjacent words are alliterated, sometimes they are remote. Notice the falling is supported by the final syllable being stressed; an unstressed syllable would not work here. Writing: The sequence of phrases, including phrases and within phrases, is elaborate and intricate, but—and this is the point—it is a design, not a knot. 27