9. The Compound Sentence

My sentence:

Nell was my heart; she was my home.

Other examples:

"You can lead a horticulture, but you can't make her think."

Dorothy Parker

"Still in silence the men swung in the bowlines; still wordless Ahab stood up to the blast."

Herman Melville, Moby Dick the White Whale

Ordinarily upon encountering another whaler at sea, a ship would spend time exchanging information, newspapers and letters. However, during its turbulent sail around the Cape of Good Hope, the "Pequod" is passed by the "Albatross", whose travel-worn sailors remain eerily silent, even when asked if they've seen the White Whale. This silence is viewed as an ominous omen by the sailors on the "Pequod."