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I would really apprecieate some help.

So what does this poem suggest about idealsim and truth?

PRAYER FOR THE HORIZON
I wish you, first, an unimpeded view
with a boundary in it, between seen and unseen,
a line to hold onto when you’re feeling sick,
something to aim for but which retreats
as fast as you travel. May you stay undeceived
and see, not a line, but a curve of the earth:
an elegant offing that leads beyond fear
out to Vasco’s discoveries. It’s three:
visible, sensible, rational – lines
for what we may calculate and what we can’t.

In fog, I wish you mercury sight,
artificial horizon, so that you know
where not to be, quickly. I wish you the gift
of knowing where your own knowing ends.

And finally, I ask: when you reach
the event horizon from which your light
will no longer reach us and space, highly curved,
will hide you for ever, that you watch me arrive –
you shouldn’t see me, but you will –
marching with flashing lighthouses, buoys,
to the edge of your singularity
with fleets of full-rigged ceremonial ships
and acres of scintillating sea.
Haha E.J. I didn’t write the poem this is part of an english assignment that i am struggling with, unfortunatley its only a very small party, therefore i am implying i have tons left! lol

gtfo mud farmer

3 Responses

1. amy02 Says:
   January 6th, 2012 at 9:37 am

   Curved space is the theory that there is no such thing as a straight line. That’s all I understand about curved space. Your friendly neighborhood physics major hopefully will be able to tell you more.

   The three-lines thing suggests height, width, and depth. It also suggests three ways of perceiving reality: seeing it, feeling it, and breaking it down logically.

   The fog thing reminds us that our individual knowledge is limited.

   The last stanza is an analogy regarding afterlife.
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2. rood dood Says:
   January 6th, 2012 at 9:53 am

   gtfo mud farmer
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   gtfo mud farmer

3. E. J. Says:
   January 6th, 2012 at 10:01 am

   Who are you writing to? . . . Vasco’s discoveries . . .event horizon? You have some beautiful phrases but ultimately I’m confused. After all, I’m no rocket scientist.
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