The sun was like a great visiting presence that stimulated and took its due from all animal energy. When it flung wide its cloak and stepped down over the edge of the fields at evening, it left behind it a spent and exhausted world.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The sun acts like a demanding presence that drains all energy during the day. At night, the world is left completely exhausted.
- In plain terms
- The sun takes all the day's energy, leaving the world tired at night.
- What can you take from it?
- Natural cycles exhaust and renew energy.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you feel after a long day?
- Is nature giving or taking?
Another view
It portrays nature as purely draining rather than life-giving.
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