English, 11.10.2020 14:01 rbull7072

1 stilt [stilt] [ME] n. 1. one out of a pair of poles with a foot support that is above the ground and allows the wearer to walk
above the ground 2. one out of many supports that holds a building above the ground or water 3. Ceramics, a three-
pronged support that holds an object being fired 4. a black and white wading bird with long, slender legs
What is the meaning of stilt as it is used in the poem below?
Everything was ordinary and gray
I took a walk to attempt an escape
But I only found more of the same
Gray sky and black and white stilts
looking for gray fish in the gray water
I prayed for some color
But all I saw were shades of gray
A. definition 3
B. definition 2
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1 stilt [stilt] [ME] n. 1. one out of a pair of poles with a foot support that is above the ground...