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Question
What is implied in the following phrases or lines?
- A silver house in the lovely sky
- It takes two weeks to build it up
- And two to pull it down.
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Solution
- A silver house in the lovely sky - there is a silver moon in the lovely sky.
- It takes two weeks to build it up - the two weeks during which the moon grows bigger (the waxing of the moon).
- And two to pull it down - the two weeks during which the moon keeps decreasing in size (the waning of the moon).
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