words of one syllable, in

💡 His sons were to him as words of one syllable in straight lines; his daughter was written in compound and involved sentences, as her mother had been before her.

پسرانش برایش همچون کلماتی تک هجایی در سطرهای مستقیم بودند؛ دخترش همچون مادرش پیش از او با جملات مرکب و پیچیده نوشته شده بود.