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the signpost by r s thomas

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oneearedrabbit · 11/02/2014 15:37

does anyone know this poem?
can anyone help me explain what the "place on a diet" allusion means? stuck!
Many thanks.

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Funnyfoot · 11/02/2014 20:55

Imo it means that the place has no new life it has stopped in the past. It is feeding off of empty echo's, the past. For a place to live and breath it's diet needs to be that of new voices new experience and new life. Time stood still there. Smile

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