ThaneWulfgharn
Master Knight
I've followed this mod since in its earliest stages of development. It's title Solid and Shade, derived from Edgar Allan Poe's Sonnet Silence which you posted on the Necronomicon. I have read and re-read the poem many times. Yet I can not still understand clearly its meaning:
"THERE are some qualities — some incorporate things,
That have a double life, which thus is made
A type of that twin entity which springs
From matter and light, evinced in solid and shade."
As I understand it, Poe here refers to the fact that the physical body is a manifestation of the more subtle "spiritual", "light" self of being, which is Matter in its pure form. Yet he states that there is a "double life", he makes a distinciton between the physical and the spiritual natures of the being.
But the following part is completely mysterious to me:
"There is a two-fold Silence — sea and shore —
Body and soul. One dwells in lonely places,
Newly with grass o’ergrown; some solemn graces,
Some human memories and tearful lore,
Render him terrorless: his name’s “No More.”
He is the corporate Silence: dread him not!
No power hath he of evil in himself;
But should some urgent fate (untimely lot!)
Bring thee to meet his shadow (nameless elf,
That haunteth the lone regions where hath trod
No foot of man,) commend thyself to God!"
What I do not understand:
-One refers to a person or "one of the two"(i.e body and soul) ?
-Who is "him". What does " his name’s “No More.” " mean?
-To what does Poe refer as Silence? (two-fold Silence and corporate Silence)?
I mean... what does the whole part from "There is a two-fold Silence" to "commend thyself to God!" mean? I understand english very well (even if it is not my native language) yet I cannot grasp the ful meaning of this poem.
"THERE are some qualities — some incorporate things,
That have a double life, which thus is made
A type of that twin entity which springs
From matter and light, evinced in solid and shade."
As I understand it, Poe here refers to the fact that the physical body is a manifestation of the more subtle "spiritual", "light" self of being, which is Matter in its pure form. Yet he states that there is a "double life", he makes a distinciton between the physical and the spiritual natures of the being.
But the following part is completely mysterious to me:
"There is a two-fold Silence — sea and shore —
Body and soul. One dwells in lonely places,
Newly with grass o’ergrown; some solemn graces,
Some human memories and tearful lore,
Render him terrorless: his name’s “No More.”
He is the corporate Silence: dread him not!
No power hath he of evil in himself;
But should some urgent fate (untimely lot!)
Bring thee to meet his shadow (nameless elf,
That haunteth the lone regions where hath trod
No foot of man,) commend thyself to God!"
What I do not understand:
-One refers to a person or "one of the two"(i.e body and soul) ?
-Who is "him". What does " his name’s “No More.” " mean?
-To what does Poe refer as Silence? (two-fold Silence and corporate Silence)?
I mean... what does the whole part from "There is a two-fold Silence" to "commend thyself to God!" mean? I understand english very well (even if it is not my native language) yet I cannot grasp the ful meaning of this poem.