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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
Context:
“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
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'.
@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.
Well, 5 days with no answer.