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Stuck with a poem: What do SEE and NO WONDER mean in here?



 
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Stuck with a poem: What do SEE and NO WONDER mean in here? #1 (permalink) Thu Jun 08, 2006 12:23 pm   Stuck with a poem: What do SEE and NO WONDER mean in here?
 

this is from a poem:

"Oblivious to look and word/They pass, and see no wonder"

What do "see" and "no wonder" mean in here?
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Stuck with a poem #2 (permalink) Thu Jun 08, 2006 12:36 pm   Stuck with a poem
 

"See" means notice, and "wonder" here means a marvel or something amazing. I think the line means that people walk by and don't notice anything to amaze at or admire, even though it's probably there.
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Stuck with a poem #3 (permalink) Fri Jun 09, 2006 7:56 am   Stuck with a poem
 

No wonder. I thought "no wonder" actually meant "no wonder".
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