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The mountains up-twirled, disbodied and inverted, stand on their peaks and throw their bowels to the sky.
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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gutenberg.orgW.E.B. Du Bois: “The mountains up-twirled, disbodied and inverted, stand on their peaks and throw their bowels to the sky.”
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Du Bois uses striking imagery to convey the surreal and dramatic aspects of the landscape he observes.
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