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NL888 Posted 13 years ago
Context:
CIRCLES
Nature centres into balls,
And her proud ephemerals,
Fast to surface and outside,
Scan the profile of the sphere;
Knew they what that signified,
A new genesis were here.
More:
http://classiclit.about.com/library/bl-etexts/rwemerson/bl-rwemer-essays-10.htm
Grammar
What is the subject of the verb scan? What does they refer to?
Context:
CIRCLES
Nature centres into balls,
And her proud ephemerals,
Fast to surface and outside,
Scan the profile of the sphere;
Knew they what that signified,
A new genesis were here.
More:
http://classiclit.about.com/library/bl-etexts/rwemerson/bl-rwemer-essays-10.htm
Top answer
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Thanks.
So "Knew they what that signified" means "the ephemerals knew what the profile of the sphere means"?
So "Knew they what that signified" means "the ephemerals knew what the profile of the sphere means"?
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