The statement is simple. It's not that his misery physically jumped over the ocean, but his misery, told through stories, figuratively "leapt the seas", when explorers and tradesmen crossed the sea and told Hrothgar's story in other towns.
The sea stetches miles and miles. By making this comment, the author is saying that his misery is beyond normal or regular. In other terms, he means that he was in dread. He was experiencing "a rainy cloud over his head." His sadness was stainuous.
The statement is simple. It's not that his misery physically jumped over the ocean, but his misery, told through stories, figuratively "leapt the seas", when explorers and tradesmen crossed the sea and told Hrothgar's story in other towns.
ReplyDeleteThe sea stetches miles and miles. By making this comment, the author is saying that his misery is beyond normal or regular. In other terms, he means that he was in dread. He was experiencing "a rainy cloud over his head." His sadness was stainuous.
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