Sometimes a quality is conveyed not by naming it but by describing a posture, action or scene. A cheerful face when petitioners arrive suggests generosity; a gloomy reception may imply the opposite.
This replaces a direct adjective with a scene. Yet if that scene is a generally recognized sign, using it does not by itself constitute a poet's exclusive innovation.
One must still distinguish the conventional sign from an unusually original construction of its details.
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Poetic Borrowing: Common Meanings, Recognizable Taking, Naskh and Intihal
Sometimes a quality is conveyed not by naming it but by describing a posture, action or scene. A cheerful face when petitioners arrive suggests generosity; a gloomy reception may imply the opposite.
This replaces a direct adjective with a scene. Yet if that scene is a generally recognized sign, using it does not by itself constitute a poet's exclusive innovation.
One must still distinguish the conventional sign from an unusually original construction of its details.