Help with Insufficiency

Dark Muse · 01-11-2008, 04:30 PM

I am having a bit of difficulty understanding this poem, by the titile of it, and particuarly the first few lines as well as the last, I thought it might have been about the difficulties of a poet to sometiems express what they feel of communivate upon page what is within thier minds, but what is curse that breaths through nature?

I know that a lot of her poems that I have read seemed to be very relgious, so with the imagery of talking about a curse of nature, and the wind exposting deformed trees, I wondered if it was not realted to the Christian ideas of Man vs. Nature, or Man being opposed to nature, and Nature being sort of omminousent pressence that needs to be repressed and controled.

Insufficiency

When I attain to utter forth in verse
Some inward thought, my soul throbs audibly
Along my pulses, yearning to be free
And something farther, fuller, higher, rehearse
To the individual, true, and the universe,
In consummation of right harmony:
But, like a wind-exposed distorted tree,
We are blown against for ever by the curse
Which breathes through Nature. Oh, the world is weak!
The effluence of each is false to all,
And what we best conceive we fail to speak.
Wait, soul, until thine ashen garments fall,
And then resume thy broken strains, and seek
Fit peroration without let or thrall

Albion · 10-25-2009, 03:17 PM

Better late than never.

Whenever I wish to speak my thought, I feel the desire to express it flood through me.
But we are subject to the inadequacies imposed upon us by our untutored beings and are unable to express our finest thoughts.
But just wait until after death. Then, we will be able to express ourselves without impediment.

Summary: life on earth is laden with difficulty but we will find complete freedom in heaven.

01-11-2008, 04:30 PM	#1
Dark Muse The Poetic Warrior Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Within the winds Posts: 5,318 Blog Entries: 550	Help with Insufficiency I am having a bit of difficulty understanding this poem, by the titile of it, and particuarly the first few lines as well as the last, I thought it might have been about the difficulties of a poet to sometiems express what they feel of communivate upon page what is within thier minds, but what is curse that breaths through nature? I know that a lot of her poems that I have read seemed to be very relgious, so with the imagery of talking about a curse of nature, and the wind exposting deformed trees, I wondered if it was not realted to the Christian ideas of Man vs. Nature, or Man being opposed to nature, and Nature being sort of omminousent pressence that needs to be repressed and controled. Insufficiency When I attain to utter forth in verse Some inward thought, my soul throbs audibly Along my pulses, yearning to be free And something farther, fuller, higher, rehearse To the individual, true, and the universe, In consummation of right harmony: But, like a wind-exposed distorted tree, We are blown against for ever by the curse Which breathes through Nature. Oh, the world is weak! The effluence of each is false to all, And what we best conceive we fail to speak. Wait, soul, until thine ashen garments fall, And then resume thy broken strains, and seek Fit peroration without let or thrall __________________ Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. ~ Edgar Allan Poe

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10-25-2009, 03:17 PM	#2
Albion Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: UK Posts: 17	Better late than never. Whenever I wish to speak my thought, I feel the desire to express it flood through me. But we are subject to the inadequacies imposed upon us by our untutored beings and are unable to express our finest thoughts. But just wait until after death. Then, we will be able to express ourselves without impediment. Summary: life on earth is laden with difficulty but we will find complete freedom in heaven.