Then he flung outward, feet first, with a swish, Kicking his way down through the air to the ground.

然后，纵身一跳，他两脚先伸出去，在空中乱踢乱舞，于是飕的一声，降落到地面。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

and he had his hands like this but he didn't have a sign. He was holding it as if he had a sign

他把手伸出，但他没有举牌子。他抬着手仿佛举着牌子一样，

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Can you make a novel, as he says in the essay, that will "sprout wings and grow claws" in secret in his mind? That's an image taken from the metamorphosis of the butterfly within the chrysalis.

你能够让一本小说，就像他在那篇文章里说的那样，会在他,脑海里秘密的“展开翅膀，伸出爪子“？，这是从蝴蝶羽化中,借鉴来的比喻。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选