This match-making process is one of the toughest parts of writing poetry.
It often fails by being too forced in its attempted coupling or by following a path that's already too well-trodden. As a poet, I'm constantly wrestling with the task of marrying adjectives to nouns in a way that casts new light yet immediately sounds natural.
The novel I'm currently listening to has "*her eyes sad but resolute*". The
point-of-view is of somebody else, so the author knew that "*She was sad
but ...
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