Edgar Lee MastersO world, that's you! You are but a widened place in the river Where Life looks down and we rejoice for her Mirrored in us, and so we dream And turn away
About This Quote
To be the world is to be like a reflection. The world can be seen as a trough or pool of water. In this image, the picture of the earth forms the surface of the water. Underneath is the river with life flowing by.
The image of this verse is interesting because it shows us life as being bigger than ourselves. We are so small in comparison to the world around us that we can only see ourselves as a single body in a vast sea of life. Life is so big and so full that it’s hard for us to see that there are other people just like us all over the world.
Throughout history, scientists have observed that every time they measure the angle of sunlight during an eclipse, our earth appears just as small as it did at its birth.
Source: Spoon River Anthology
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