How would you paraphrase this sentence?
"Because their words had forked no lightning they"

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anonymous · Answer

"Because their words had forked no lightning" ("they" must belong to the next line of the stanza). Now, about the paraphrase...

Because their conversation did not give a breakthrough.
Because their words did not bring attention.
Because their verbal expression did not spark a revolution.

anonymous · Answer

Would another way be:
Because their words did not have any meaning?

anonymous · Answer

I do not see why not :)

anonymous · Answer

Well, I think this might be a double-entante. Forked words, not like lightning...could mean they were deceptive words (as in "forked tongue") lacking any inspiring quality ("no lightning").