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I came across this quote from the movie RocknRolla:

Oh, beauty is a beguiling call to death and I'm addicted to the sweet pitch of its siren. That that starts sweet ends bitter, and that which starts bitter ends sweet.

I understand the metaphor. But I'm confused with the sentence structure of

That that starts sweet ends bitter, and that which starts bitter ends sweet.

Are the first that and the that before 'which starts bitter ends sweet' conjunctions while the second that and which relative pronouns?

If so, what are the two relative pronouns referring to?

I came across this quote from the movie RocknRolla:

Oh, beauty is a beguiling call to death and I'm addicted to the sweet pitch of its siren. That that starts sweet ends bitter, and that which starts bitter ends sweet.

I understand the metaphor. But I'm confused with the sentence structure of

That that starts sweet ends bitter, and that which starts bitter ends sweet.

Are the first that and the that before 'which starts bitter ends sweet' conjunctions while the second that and which relative pronouns?

If so, what are the two relative pronouns referring to?

I came across this quote from the movie RocknRolla:

Oh, beauty is a beguiling call to death and I'm addicted to the sweet pitch of its siren. That that starts sweet ends bitter, and that which starts bitter ends sweet.

I understand the metaphor. But I'm confused with the sentence structure of

That that starts sweet ends bitter, and that which starts bitter ends sweet.

Are the first that and the that before 'which starts bitter ends sweet' conjunctions while the second that and which relative pronouns?

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"That that starts sweet ends bitter, and that which starts bitter ends sweet." I'm confused with this sentence A Question On Relative Pronouns & Conjunction

Here's aI came across this quote from the movie RocknRolla:

Oh, beauty is a beguiling call to death and I'm addicted to the sweet pitch of its siren. That that starts sweet ends bitter, and that which starts bitter ends sweet.

I understand the metaphor. But I'm confused with the sentence structure of

That that starts sweet ends bitter, and that which starts bitter ends sweet.

What is it that thatAre the first that and the that before 'which starts sweet ends bitter ends sweet' conjunctions while the second that and which relative pronouns?

andIf so, what is it that which starts bitter ends sweetare the two relative pronouns referring to?

"That that starts sweet ends bitter, and that which starts bitter ends sweet." I'm confused with this sentence

Here's a quote from the movie RocknRolla:

Oh, beauty is a beguiling call to death and I'm addicted to the sweet pitch of its siren. That that starts sweet ends bitter, and that which starts bitter ends sweet.

I understand the metaphor. But I'm confused with

That that starts sweet ends bitter, and that which starts bitter ends sweet.

What is it that that starts sweet ends bitter?

and what is it that which starts bitter ends sweet?

A Question On Relative Pronouns & Conjunction

I came across this quote from the movie RocknRolla:

Oh, beauty is a beguiling call to death and I'm addicted to the sweet pitch of its siren. That that starts sweet ends bitter, and that which starts bitter ends sweet.

I understand the metaphor. But I'm confused with the sentence structure of

That that starts sweet ends bitter, and that which starts bitter ends sweet.

Are the first that and the that before 'which starts bitter ends sweet' conjunctions while the second that and which relative pronouns?

If so, what are the two relative pronouns referring to?

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