Answer:
Maugham may be exploring the theme of struggle.
It means 'to carry' or 'to bring'.
Palpable, it means to almost feel something. For example the excitement was almost palpable.
Rangi, the Sky Father, held his beloved, Papa, and together they bore many sons who were not human, but rather elements of nature. These sons loved their parents, but Rangi and Papa's embrace was so tight that they had no space to move or to lead their lives. They lay in the darkness, constricted and unhappy.
One of them is The Hunger Games
Or The Overlander series