Thecopy of Clarke's "Lament" I have access to does not have stanza
divisions,therefore I can only make a reasoned guess at what you are callingstanzas. Starting
with what I see as stanza one,
For the green turtle with
her pulsing burden,
in search of the breeding ground.
For
her eggs laid in their nest of sickness.
theexplanation
is fairly straightforward. Turtles lay their eggs in thesand of their habitat beaches. If the
sand has been polluted byocean "junk" debris and made impure, then the turtle may be
said to belaying her eggs in "sick" sand, or a "nest of...
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