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Flash out wherever the Just

 
 
Reply Wed 16 Nov, 2016 01:28 am


Context:

Failed to get the meaning of "the Just" here.

Does it mean fairness/righteousness?


Thanks in anticipation

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“Defenseless under the night
Our world in stupor lies;
Yet, dotted everywhere,
Ironic points of light
Flash out wherever the Just
Exchange their messages:
May I, composed like them
Of Eros and of dust,
Beleaguered by the same
Negation and despair,
Show an affirming flame.”

-SEPTEMBER 1, 1939
by W.H. Auden
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Reply Wed 16 Nov, 2016 01:11 pm
The relevant section can all be written on one line:
Ironic points of light flash out wherever the Just exchange their messages

'The Just' means 'the just people', 'those who are just'.
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Reply Tue 3 Jan, 2017 09:56 am
@contrex,
contrex wrote:

The relevant section can all be written on one line:
Ironic points of light flash out wherever the Just exchange their messages

'The Just' means 'the just people', 'those who are just'.



By "ironic", I wonder whether it is describing against the stupor/against the force that made "us" defenseless, or the self-mockery of the points of light.
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Reply Sun 8 Jan, 2017 09:09 am
Well, 5 days with no answer. Razz
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