A row of trees far away, there on the hillside. But what is it, a row of trees? It’s just trees. Row and the plural trees aren’t things, they’re names.

Alberto Caeiro
A row of trees far away, there on the hillside....
A row of trees far away, there on the hillside....
A row of trees far away, there on the hillside....
A row of trees far away, there on the hillside....
About This Quote

In the last line from the above quote, Shakespeare is teaching us that something that seems commonplace can be something far more significant. In this case, he is referring to a row of trees as being just a row of trees. This is because “row” as a word is just a name for a group of trees, not a noun itself. The word “row” refers to a group of trees by simply naming them all together.

Source: The Keeper Of Sheep

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