From looking at the title, this seems to have some religious aspect in it and it got my attention on how the idea of religion has changed from the past to the time of this poem. However it seems that it has the same implications that previous authors explain: don’t ignore God and love him. The question “why do men then now not reck his rod?” comes from people not believing in God and doing whatever they please (774). They don’t seem to fear God as He wishes to be feared. However God’s love seems to be ever lasting and “though the last lights off the black West went / Oh, morning, at the brown brink eastward, springs” (775).
Sunday, June 27, 2010
God’s Grandeur
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Joe,
ReplyDeleteSeveral good impulses here: to imagine what the poem will be like based on the title, and to contrast the view of God at the beginning and end of the poem. I am assuming the lack of time remaining prevented you from developing or sufficiently supporting these ideas.