Certainly a vivid word-painting of a certain kind of brawl, but perhaps a hint that some of the old Biblical remedies need to be modified.
His description of a sunset in south Georgia is one of the most beautiful pieces of word-painting that ever flowed from the pen of any writer.
Bringing the natural world into a story as something more than scenery invites a rich array of overdelicate word-painting and drum-roll weather effects, with turning seasons or the .