GR translation: rag-sorrowful

David Morris fqmorris at gmail.com
Fri Oct 21 08:08:42 CDT 2011


" Lank human figures, rag-sorrowful"  would refer to malnourished
(skinny, lank) rag-wearers.

On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 10:50 PM, Mike Jing <mikezjing at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> P147.21-24  ..., one morning on the Embankment, between strokes of a pavement artist's two pastels, salmon darkening to fawn, and a score of lank human figures, rag-sorrowful in the distances interlacing with ironwork and river smoke, ...
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> What is "rag-sorrowful" exactly?  More specifically, what is the meaning of "rag" here?
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