“
He whom we anatomized
‘whose words we gathered as pleasant flowers
and thought on his wit and how neatly he described things’
speaks
to us, hatching marrow,
broody all night over the bones of a deadman.
— Basil Bunting
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "He whom we anatomized
‘whose words we gathered as pleasant flowers
and thought on his wit and how neatly he described things’
speaks
to us, hatching marrow,
broody all night over the bones of a deadman." in the context of "" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About Basil Bunting
Basil Cheesman Bunting (March 3, 1900 – April 17, 1985) was a British modernist poet.
About Basil Bunting
Basil Cheesman Bunting (March 3, 1900 – April 17, 1985) was a British modernist poet.
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