*(H) Repitition

          "Behind the harrows, the long seeders--twelve curved iron penes erected in the foundry,orgasms set by gears, raping methodically, raping without passion. The driver sat in his iron seat and he was proud of the straight lines he did not control. And when that crop grew, and was harvested, no man had crumbled a hot clod in  his fingers and let the earth sift past his  fingertips. No man had touched his seed or lusted for the growth....The land bore under iron, and under iron gradually died; for it was not loved or hated, it had no payers or curses." (36)
           
           The highlighted words above all have some sort of sexual, powerful, or emotional connotation. The words are somewhat repeated throughout the passage to really ingraine the depth of the it. The phallus imagery signafies that the jobs doen on the farm were somewhat smooth sailing and strong. Set to mimic a man and his abilities, different things seemed to look phallus. When "rape" is used it is used in the context of dominance and "without passion", proving that it is lacking and part of everyday life. The passage ends with a softer more loving effect using words such as "loved" and "lusted", not "rape". This proves that the love for land once was real and not just centered around money and perverse things.