Help an Englishman understand the last line of this Hugh MacDiarmid poem?
July 1, 2024
Is “And any smaller thought’s impossible” correct? It’s ‘sma’er’ I’m unsure of…
by dntevnbelieveinjebus
4 comments
You’re bang on.
“And only smaller thought’s impossible” is correct, yes.
That was quick. Thank you!
The sunlight still on me, you shadowed in cloud. We look upon each other now like hills across a valley. I’m no more your son. It is my mind, not a son of yours, that looks, and the great darkness of your death comes up and equals it across the way. A living man upon a dead man thinks And any smaller thought is impossible.
4 comments
You’re bang on.
“And only smaller thought’s impossible” is correct, yes.
That was quick. Thank you!
The sunlight still on me, you shadowed in cloud.
We look upon each other now like hills across a valley. I’m no more your son. It is my mind, not a son of yours, that looks, and the great darkness of your death comes up and equals it across the way.
A living man upon a dead man thinks
And any smaller thought is impossible.