Winds and waters keep A hush more dead than any sleep.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Natural elements create a silence deeper and more final than human sleep.
- In plain terms
- The wind and water make a silence worse than death.
- What can you take from it?
- Nature can create a profound sense of finality.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What does true silence feel like?
- How does nature affect your sense of life?
Another view
It compares natural quiet to death which may be too dark.
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