Starring the Text (5)

"The text, in its mass, is comparable to a sky, at once flat and smooth, deep, without edges and without landmarks;"

*ACT. "comparable": comparative action between the original text and the sky. **&***SEM. "flat and smooth": Connotation of smoothness, and peace. Reminiscent of river imagery used previously, "deep, without edges and without landmarks": Connotation of mystery and something full of undiscovered meaning, waiting to be explored. ****SYM. Original text is once again compared to a natural entity. In this case, instead of a river, the text is compared to the sky, which, like the river, is described as very calm and explorable.