"The Burial of the Dead" Annotations
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== Stanza 2 == | == Stanza 2 == | ||
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What are the roots that clutch, what branches grow | What are the roots that clutch, what branches grow | ||
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Or your shadow at evening rising to meet you; | Or your shadow at evening rising to meet you; | ||
I will show you fear in a handful of dust. 30 | I will show you fear in a handful of dust. 30 | ||
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| + | Some of the language is perhaps borrowed directly from the Bible. | ||
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| + | ::[[Job 8]] | ||
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| + | ::::Lines 19-20 "What are the roots that clutch, what branches grow out of this stony rubbish?" | ||
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| + | ::::Job 8:16-17 "His roots are wrapped about the heap and seeketh the place of stones." | ||
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| + | ::[[Ezekiel 2]] | ||
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| + | ::::Line 20 "...son of man" | ||
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| + | ::::Ezekiel 2 God calls Ezekiel the son of man and promises him the gift of prophecy if he will "stand upon thy feet" or, be brave | ||
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| + | ::::enough to dare to listen, but when Ezekiel hears God's message, it is only one of woe. | ||
===Lines 31-34=== | ===Lines 31-34=== | ||
