Shanty
"Feel once again the shanty straining
Under the turning of the tide"
shan·ty1 Pronunciation Key (shnt)
n. pl. shan·ties
A roughly built, often ramshackle cabin; a shack.
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[Probably from Canadian French chantier, hut in a lumber camp, from French,
timberyard, from Old French, gantry, from Latin canthrius, rafter, nag,
from Greek kanthlios.]
In the poem, shanty, is referring to a small building
often resembling a shack or cabin, that is poorly built and in bad connotation.
The line, "Feel once again the shanty straining Under the turing of the
tide," is saying that he or she can't wait to go back and stay in the shack
that creeks and moves as the water washes around and over it. The definition
of shanty that I have chosen makes the most sense to me in this particular
phrase because somtimes there are run down little buildings by the beach
that have been beaten by the water and the waves. Also I can picture a shack
creaking, and almost swaying back and forth as the wind blows and the water
splashing upon it. Maybe he or she visits the shanty and stays in there sometimes
or perhaps it is part of there home.
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