But there is also a tremendous forward thrust, a piling of assertion upon assertion, of proverb upon proverb, which gives the poem its overall tempo.
The Gherkin's bulging entasis reaches a climax ordained by its geometry, given tremendous upward thrust by its spiralling bands of lozenges that cover its surface.
But as I look back it occurs to me that with his reality - this tremendous agon thrusting him in and out of the various bastions of British cultural and political life, where the stakes were nothing less than the imposition of his own monumental buildings on to the English landscape and psyche - he had no need for delusion.
So archbishop Welby is not easily fazed by the tremendous burdens now thrust upon him as primate of all England and leader of the worldwide Anglican communion.
About their time in space, both describe looking down at the earth as wondrously beautiful, and the feelings produced during those first 8 1/2 minutes when the rocket, buoyed by tremendous energy, is thrust into space, as overwhelmingly powerful.
"His previous government and private sector experience will be an invaluable asset to Airbus Group and, with his aviation-rich biography, Allan will give us tremendous lift and thrust in the U.S".
"Motor Caste," by Stanley Jones, in the 30 May 1925 New Yorker, is full of descriptions of cars that read like a parody of Jay Gatsby's "circus wagon" and its kin: "My eye was struck by a low, coffee colored car of tremendous length which thrust a long, pointed nose at us.
All-out thrust is tremendous, with gear changes of the automatic six-speed transmission lightening quick, and downshifts in sport mode coming on faster than in any automatic we've driven.
The impact on the city of the vast governmental machine suddenly thrust upon it, has been tremendous.
