the yearning human thoughts that lie too deep for tears
What is this sentence meaning?
"the yearning human thoughts that lie too deep for tears"
How to understand "lie too deep for tears"?
Thank you, Suacy. I read it from the book A Pair of Blue Eyes
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It's very poetic and metaphorical, so it could be interpreted in many ways. "For tears" could mean "to be something you would cry about" and "lie too deep" could mean the thoughts are repressed.
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