Sunday, October 11, 2009

Sentence A Day - Sentence 8

Cutting For Stone:
His fingers shielded the fire, a nine-fingered sepulchre.

Me:
Her hands wielded the jewels, a ten-fingered cage.

The author compares his hands to a sepulchre, creating a sense of exaltedness.

1 comment:

sheflair said...

I enjoyed reading your sentences. I was looking forward to reading the last four!