Note epithets in this line. How comprehensive!
7. So one late plunged into the lethal sleep, etc.
The sensation of the awakening is likened to the possible experience of one in death. The author is much interested in such matters.
Define “lethal.” What literary associations with this word?
12. The quiet steep-arched splendor of the day.
At what time of day did Hugh awake?
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2. But when he would obey, the hollow skies etc.
Note the suddenness of the loss of consciousness as expressed in the metaphor: “the hollow skies,” etc.
5. Remote unto his horizontal gaze