这是诗歌形式,为了没一行押韵,做了特殊的断句,每一行都以大写字母开头,尽管未必是一个句子的开头。改为散文格式则为:
It形式主语seems系词 a reasonable thing表语 to saywhat their condition was不定式短语作真的主语, 省略的主语和系词(it指代their condition) the full arrayof each of them表语, as it appeared to me比较分句(即传统语法所说的as引导的非限制性定语从句,修饰it was the full array of each of them这个分句).