In “A Dice Throw,” there are several passages where form and
content echo each other. A specific excerpt from this passage demonstrates this
idea.
“an utterly lost and lonely quill
except
that
a cap of midnight abuts it or grazes it
and
fixes
on
the velvet crumpled by a dark burst of laughter
this
rigid whiteness”
The phrase “an utterly lost and lonely quill” has significance
in its placement and meaning. The “lost” feeling this passage is trying to
convey is deeply connected by its placement on the page. On the page, this
phrase is placed all by itself, away from all the other words with a lot of space
around it. This is supposed to reflect how lost the “lonely quill” is. Also,
later in the passage, the phrase, “the rigid whiteness,” is also literally
surrounded by whiteness on the page. The middle part of this excerpt is a few
lines closely written together, “except that a cap of midnight abuts it or grazes
it and fixes on the velvet crumpled by a dark burst.” Although their exact
wording does not relate to each other, there are a few words that do connect.
The word “crumpled,” implies many things coming together, which is shown by the
few lines and words placed closely together on the page. Also the word, “midnight”
directly relates to the idea also. The color, “midnight” is the opposite of
white. When the “rigid whiteness” was written it was surrounded by nothing but
white space. It is almost self-explanatory that the “midnight” would be
surrounded by everything but blanks spaces, and in this case it is surrounded
by words.
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