11. One hairsbreadth farther from the earth and sky
He was as remote from all things as it was possible to be, so why not try!
Define “simulacrum.”
The Crawl
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The Crawl is the most detailed account of physical suffering and endurance extant in poetry. Note the large number of words that make direct appeal to the sensations of thirst, weariness, chronic pain, fever, delirium. Again the sense of loneliness, of betrayal, of a conspiracy to destroy him appears everywhere in Hugh’s experience. The monotony of the journey appears in its slowness, which is indicated in many ways.
Before describing the Crawl, Neihardt first found out what vegetable growths would be found on the trail, the character of the soil, how the streams would erode, etc. The poet is true to all nature, even natural science.
3. And through it ran the short trail to the goal.
What was the “goal”? Ree villages lay nearly directly east.
4. Thereon a grim turnpikeman waited toll: