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Mala_Elf 13 | 17

28 Dec 2008 / #1

I am poet; therefore I understand verz well the concept of metaphors. However, I cannot succeed in understanding how a moon can be half-naked, even metaphorically.

Nocne chmury głaskały pooraną bliznami twarz półnagiego księżyca...

Am I translating that incorrectly, or did the author indeed mean to write "the face of the half-naked moon?"

Grzegorz_ 51 | 6138

29 Dec 2008 / #2

or did the author indeed mean to write "the face of the half-naked moon?"

Yes...

how a moon can be half-naked

No idea.

Switezianka - | 463

29 Dec 2008 / #3

However, I cannot succeed in understanding how a moon can be half-naked, even metaphorically.

What is naked, is exposed. The part of the moon that is lighted by the sun is exposed to us, so "half-naked moon" might mean that half of the moon is exposed to our eyes, or that it is in the first or final quarter.

lumisfera.pl/media/photos/1632/17953.5.jpg

HAL9009 2 | 323

3 Jan 2009 / #4

Yup, this moon looks half naked to me.......
...or half dressed maybe.