Timeline for Excerpts from a poem: need help understanding poetic English
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| Apr 10, 2023 at 18:06 | comment | added | Lawrence | @Selfiegroupie I think the others have covered it, though in the initial question, the word beguile without the full poem suggested the possibility that "rest" was a euphemism for death. | |
| Apr 9, 2023 at 16:46 | comment | added | Selfie groufie | Thanks for the clarification. It is very helpful indeed | |
| Apr 9, 2023 at 16:15 | comment | added | Kate Bunting | One of the definitions of space is 'an interval of time'. This isn't Old English, which was what the Anglo-Saxons spoke; it is written in a style resembling Early Modern English, which was considered appropriate for serious poetry in Keats's day. | |
| Apr 9, 2023 at 15:41 | comment | added | Weather Vane | ...and "rest for a space" perhaps means "relax for a while". | |
| Apr 9, 2023 at 15:40 | comment | added | Selfie groufie | But, what does the word "Rest for" mean? Is it same as "Rest in space between cairo and decan? Here I m of the opinion that poet used old english as a "symbol" to denote antiquity of the Nile. | |
| Apr 9, 2023 at 15:29 | history | answered | Lawrence | CC BY-SA 4.0 |