a saggy bending...

Symbolises humility. Cf. Dante, Purgatory I.51: " My guide, then laying hold on me, by words / And intimations given with hand and head, / Made my bent knees and eye submissive pay / Due reverence." Saggy colours the representation slightly negatively.

reference topics

Purgatory, Canto I
Dante and Bleistein
Bleistein and Misrepresentation
Burbank and Bleistein
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