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Rpsh Posted 11 years ago
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see the suns in his glory
Utnapishtim said, “There is no permanence. Do we build a
house to stand for ever, do we seal a contract to hold for all
time? Do brothers divide an inheritance to keep for ever, does
the flood-time of rivers endure?
" It is only the nymph of the dragon-fly who sheds her larva and sees the sun in his glory."
From the days of old there is no permanence. The sleeping and the dead, how alike they are, they are like a painted death.
I just can't understand the sentence from the perspective of semantics. What does the "his" refer to?
house to stand for ever, do we seal a contract to hold for all
time? Do brothers divide an inheritance to keep for ever, does
the flood-time of rivers endure?
" It is only the nymph of the dragon-fly who sheds her larva and sees the sun in his glory."
From the days of old there is no permanence. The sleeping and the dead, how alike they are, they are like a painted death.
I just can't understand the sentence from the perspective of semantics. What does the "his" refer to?
Top answer
" His refers to the sun . Many people of old thought the sun was a male ***, and the moon, his female counterpart.
- " His refers to the sun .
- Many people of old thought the sun was a male ***, and the moon, his female counterpart.
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rpsh" It is only the nymph of the dragon-fly who sheds her larva and sees the sun in his glory."His refers to the sun.
Many people of old thought the sun was a male ***, and the moon, his female counterpart.
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