Phrase · 🖋️ Rhetoric & literary style
O tempo, esse escultor paciente, mudou a paisagem.
Time, that patient sculptor, changed the landscape.
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Why every word is where it is
Odeterminerthemasc. · sing. · definitetemponountimemasc. · sing.,esse1determinerthatmasc. · sing.escultor1nounsculptormasc. · sing.pacienteadjectivepatientsing.,mudouverbchangedmudar · past · 3rd sing.adeterminertheo · fem. · sing. · definitepaisagemnounlandscapefem. · sing..
- tempo → escultor: metaphor in apposition
- tempo → mudou: tempo → mudou
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Metaphor in apposition: «esse» introduces a new name for the same referent. Figurative language & rhetorical devices →