###Polish your කඩ්ඩ here....###

Dasun0101

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But ľve seen this in a poem."Pillars has teken the places of tamarind trees"

in this poem, this tells u about some pillars as high as or just look like trees. This has some literal value...I cant quite express the idea. Just have to read the actual poem before trying to do so.
 

twisted

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    upon purple clouds
    But ľve seen this in a poem."Pillars has teken the places of tamarind trees"

    in this poem, this tells u about some pillars as high as or just look like trees. This has some literal value...I cant quite express the idea. Just have to read the actual poem before trying to do so.

    it shouldn't necessarily mean pillars are serving the exact purpose the trees were serving..it could be that they cut down a bunch of trees to erect some establishment with pillars

    pillars and trees and posts are 3 different things anyways.
     

    kosandpol

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    it shouldn't necessarily mean pillars are serving the exact purpose the trees were serving..it could be that they cut down a bunch of trees to erect some establishment with pillars

    pillars and trees and posts are 3 different things anyways.
    "From pillar to post to tamarind tree" ? :D
     

    @119

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    So ? whats the relevance ?? :confused:

    first I typed ' pillar has taken the place of tamarind tree" then I edited and forgot to change " has to have" what a shame...:P
    The relevance is machan, at the end of the poem they give an idea about the cruelness of development. They cut down trees about without considering about the value of nature... the author went to his school after 10 years. He used to pick sour tamarind around the school lane.But now there are none.the pillars have taken the place of those trees.he felt angry I suppose.:yes:
     

    @119

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    wonder whether idiom "from pillar to post" indicate that they are are similar? :)

    ok mate, we'll call them lamp pillars :D

    This is what I wanted....:yes:
    This thread won't teach you simple present tense of present perfect tense but will teach you these kind of things you find in English :cool:
    Keep it up machan...

    need to learn slang to use :sorry:
     
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