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In the seventeenth passage, there is a long sentence. I will lay my cards right on the table and confess that the first time some poems of mine were published, I not only worked my triumph into every conversation for I’d ever known to proclaim the glad tidings both local and long distance. I think this is a difficult and long sentence. We should read it carefully and attentive.

Firstly, we see a phrase-“laying one’s cards right on the table”. It means “make frank and clear revelation”. For example, they asked Smith to put hi

s cards on the table. We can see another word-“work”. For example, he worked a request for money into the conversation.

Then, let me analyze this sentence. “I’ll lay … and confess” is the major sentence. “that … long distance” is the follow sentence. Following sentence is a complicated sentence. There are two clauses-“I not .. and months” and “but I also .. long sentence”.