I don ´t get some onomatopeia thing

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I don ´t get some onomatopeia thing

Mini9

I don ´t get some onomatopeia thing

At times I𠍿 a jumble of rumbles,

At others I𠍿 light like the moon,

But never my numb plunker fumbles,

misstrums me, or tries a new tune.

in this case what do jumble- rumble- fumbles- and misstrums- mean?

I ´ve tried to trasnlate it into Spanish and is really hard specially if I want to keep the rhytthm :S

help please.

I can not find misstrum? is it a ver or a sound?

9 Sep 2012

ueslteacher

"mistrums" obviously a verb here as it has "me" as object and it probably refers to a sound made by a "numb" finger (numb plunker) which is never off beat (?)

"fumbles" - also a verb referring to awkward movements of a "numb plunker":)

jumble of rumbles - a confusion/mixture of deep sounds

Sophia

9 Sep 2012

yanogator

To misstrum is to strum a stringed instrument mistakenly (rasguear mal, I think). Sophia has the rest of them right. "rumbles" is the only onomatopoetic word in the bunch, amazingly.

Bruce

9 Sep 2012