Well I got 12 (out of 25 HITs done today) rejections from Noah Turk. Which I deserved, I'm not complaining. I read some directions wrong. Be careful with those medieval perspective HITs.
His/Her message: While these are all creative descriptions, they don't align with the task instructions. These refer to external context of where the object currently is, which was explicitly referred to in the set of bad examples: "A knight wields this sword in front of your face." - Refers to external context of where the sword currently is. Your examples such as "The lillypad laid on the ground, as if cast-off..." don't adhere to this rule.