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Originally Posted by Top Secret DG
But if you knew what this trip held in store,
would you still see the beauty of the moon?—
The narrator . . . asks if the traveler would see this beauty if he "knew what this trip held in store?"
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Actually the narrator asks would the passenger
still see the beauty, and that's my one quibble with this otherwise fine poem.
The passenger doesn't seem to be aware of any beauty. He is going about his business, noting simply that it's cold.
I think this would work better for me:
But if you knew what this trip held in store,
would you then see the beauty of the moon?—
I.e., would the knowledge of death's imminence make you aware of the beauty that's around you?
(I think Roger Slater was onto something like this back in comment #9... )