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eduard
3 years ago
6

3. Though the wise men might “know” that it is time to die, the speaker says that they still fight death because “their words ha

d forked no lightning.” What does this mean?
English
2 answers:
salantis [7]3 years ago
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I believe that this means that even though they know that they're eventually going to die, they don't want to until they have done something that's impacted the world in a big way, causing them to fight against death.
-BARSIC- [3]3 years ago
7 0
They will try to delay their death, because their works that they had done in this world had not impacted the world in a big way. Therefore, they will stay here until they do something great that cause "lightning".
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