格兰德河的三角洲地区是块布满了灌木丛及沼泽地的被遗忘之地。

The delta region of the Rio Grande river was a forsaken land of thickets and swamps.

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

沼泽地里的水已排干。

The marshes have been drained.

《牛津词典》

这片低洼的沼泽地沿海湾方向延伸数英里。

The low, marshy land runs out for miles toward the gulf.

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

The word "swale" is interesting. You hear in it the s and the w, the two key sounds of this poem, which are the sounds of the whispering scythe.

沼泽地“这个词很有意思，听到S和W的发音了吧，这是这首诗的关键发音，也是低语着的镰刀的声音。

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