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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