Is this Gramatically correct? "what am i to think of what the writing of a thousand life times..."?

Question

"What am I to think of what the writing of a thousand life times could not explain if all the forest trees were pens and all the oceans, ink?"

Answer 1

I agree that it sounds a bit wordy, but I can't think of a way to phrase it better.

I ran it through Microsoft Word's Grammar & Style check and came up with no errors. You should be able to go with it.

That's a powerful metaphor you've got there. Congratulations if you thought of it yourself.

Answer 2

Lose the second what and add a bit of punctuation so your sentence reads
'What am I to think of the writings which a thousand life-times could not explain. If all the forest trees were pens, and all the oceans ink?'

Answer 3

It's a difficult sentence, but I believe it is correct. That comma at the end is what's getting me, but I don't think it works without it.

Answer 4

You have me on this. I don't know. Sounds weird to me.