Read the sentence from life on the mississippi. he was a nervous man, and he shuffled from one side of his wheel to the other as if the floor was hot. the imagery draws on the senses of

it's like watching a fable, it's not really about the animals but rather it has a meaning that is understood by us and that is implicit, not explicitly said. implicit ideas are common and are used in almost all works of art, from writing to painting to sculpting.

is it "means of nourishment"