Q&A: What does the scripts “I am a lone reed.” mean?

Question by Taro K: What does the scripts “I am a lone reed.” mean?
I am a Japanese who saw the American movie “You’ve Got Mail” Please tell me the real meaning of “a lone reed” I know a reed is a kind of grasses. Thank you.

Best answer:

Answer by sincerely yours
Strong, self-sufficienct, aloof – as in “I am a lone reed standing tall”.

Please view Yoshikazu Nagai’s hauntingly beautiful photograph entitled “III Greenlake Mom” which appears in the following link:

http://www.yoshinagai.textamerica.com

Click on 5, and the photograph is third down on the extreme left. Click on the thumbprint to enlarge full-screen.

I hope this photograph explains visually what is intended by this phrase.

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