Two such as you with such a master speed, cannot be parted nor be swept away, from one another once you are agreed, that life is only life forevermore, together wing to wing and oar to oar.
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I'm always saying something that's just the edge of something more.
Interpretation
What this quote means
This quote reflects the idea that communication often hints at deeper truths or concepts.
Robert Frost suggests that the words we speak are just the surface of a much larger and more profound thought or idea. This implies that true understanding and insight require delving beyond the immediate expression to find the underlying layers of meaning.
Themes
CommunicationMeaningExpressionDepthThought
In practice
Example use cases
In a presentation about the influence of poetry, this quote can highlight the depths of literary expression.
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God made a beauteous garden With lovely flowers strown, But one straight, narrow pathway That was not overgrown. And to this beauteous garden He brought mankind to live, And said "To you, my children, These lovely flowers I give. Prune ye my vines and fig trees, With care my flowers tend, But keep the pathway open Your home is at the end." God's Garden
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'Warm in December, cold in June, you say?' _x000D_ _x000D_ I don't suppose the water's changed at all. _x000D_ _x000D_ You and I know enough to know it's warm _x000D_ _x000D_ Compared with cold, and cold compared with warm. _x000D_ _x000D_ But all the fun's in how you say a thing.
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For, dear me, why abandon a belief, Merely because it ceases to be true, Cling to it long enough, and not a doubt, It will turn true again, for so it goes.
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