The Steady Running of the Hour
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What are we to extrapolate from the quote at the beginning?
Caroline
Apr 30, 2014 11:35AM
Just before starting the novel The Steady Running of the Hour, there is an excerpt from "Strange Meeting" by Wilfred Owen. Here it is:
"Strange friend," I said, "here is no cause to mourn."
"None," said the other, "save the undone years,
The hopelessness. Whatever hope is yours,
Was my life also; I went hunting wild
After the wildest beauty in the world,
Which lies not calm in eyes, or braided hair,
But mocks the steady running of the hour,
And if it grieves, grieves richlier than here..."
Apart from the obvious (the name of the novel), what do you think we are to take/extrapolate from this quote ?
"Strange friend," I said, "here is no cause to mourn."
"None," said the other, "save the undone years,
The hopelessness. Whatever hope is yours,
Was my life also; I went hunting wild
After the wildest beauty in the world,
Which lies not calm in eyes, or braided hair,
But mocks the steady running of the hour,
And if it grieves, grieves richlier than here..."
Apart from the obvious (the name of the novel), what do you think we are to take/extrapolate from this quote ?
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I thought it had to do with the wild goose chase of the protagonist trying to find proof that he was the grandson of the rich guy. The ending was such a total letdown it was rather a mockery.
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