Question

What does Owen mean by ‘was it for this the clay grew tall?

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Answer 1

Explanation:

The speaker then asks “Was it for this the clay grew tall?” ("clay" being a reference to the earth that human beings originally came from—an idea common in creation myths throughout the world, including the Bible), expressing incredulity that life would bother existing given that it would always lose to death.

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