Answer:
- "Is my team plowing" = Are my horses still working?
- "That I use to drive" = The way I used to drive them to plow the land
- "And hear the harness jingle" = While listening to the harness noises.
- "When I was man alive?" = When was I still alive?
- "Ay, the horses trample," = The horses continue to work hard.
- "The harness jingles now;" = And the harness continues to make noise
- "No change though you lie under" = Everything is the same, except your presence
- "The land you use to plow." = On the land you used to plow.
Explanation:
Firstly, it is important to highlight the meaning of paraphrasing. To paraphrase is to use a sentence and rewrite it keeping the original meaning, but using different words, as was done in the poem above.
The poem provides the conversation between a dead man and his friend, who is still alive. In the first three verses, the man wants to know what is happening in the land that he plowed, cared for and cultivated. He wants to know if everything is as he left it. The latest verses describe the friend's response, who says that everything is the same, except for the presence of the man who is now dead.
My friends see me in a partially positive light, I guess you can say that out of the team I am the most mature. My friends aren't what you call honest or good friends, they are actually the exact opposite. I keep my distance and so do they. The reason why is because some time we have had some problems we didn't work out so now we all go our separate ways while still calling each other friends. We keep distance, but that doesn't mean we are cats to each other. We treat each other neutral.
Because fables have been around since before we had any type of documentation. Throughout the years they get passed down vocally.
I'm not sure but is it being implied?
The tone of the story is somewhat humorous and the mood is uneasy. One of the themes of the Upturned Face is how destiny determines who dies and lives and how an individual very susceptible to death with just one blink. It is humorous because seeing two guys burying someone and at the same time fighting against someone is ridiculous.
