Her shuttered barge...

Cf. Enobarbus in Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra: "The barge she sat in, like a burnished throne / Burned on the water." (2.2.201-2). Shuttered, which has an erotic connotation, refers to a gondola, which is the 'barge' used in Venice.

reference topics

"Burbank" and the Rialto
Bleistein and Shylock
Volupine and "Cleopatra"
Dramatic Rethoric in Burbank
Structural analysis
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