That was my favorite line from the poem I think. Or actually no, not my favorite, just... it stood out, because it seemed different than the rest of the poem to me; more personal, maybe? Less philosophy on the hollowness of men and more... vunerable? I don't know. It's the part of the poem that I feel like I see a real person for a second, rather than a philosopher trying to show us something. Which isn't necessarily better, but it's what I respond to.
I think that the idea of waking up alone At the hour when we are/ Trembling with tenderness" is important because the poem is about how hollow men have become. And when this emotion is finally present, even if it is not directed at God or a higher power, it is wasted, useless. I can totally buy into the idea of hell as simply being completely alone, but only if being alone doesn't just mean physically; it's waking up alone and having that yearning for someone, and realizing that there is no one out there feeling that yearning for you, and in the morning it won't be any different. That there will be no one to hear about you waking up alone like that, because you are not connected to anyone and therefore what you feel does not matter.
...Anyway. Sorry for that. But thanks for posting that so I could remember those lines. I hadn't thought about them in a while. Now I'm going to have to put off going to bed so that I'm not thinking about them when I do. Haha.
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Date: 2007-03-08 07:13 am (UTC)I think that the idea of waking up alone At the hour when we are/ Trembling with tenderness" is important because the poem is about how hollow men have become. And when this emotion is finally present, even if it is not directed at God or a higher power, it is wasted, useless.
I can totally buy into the idea of hell as simply being completely alone, but only if being alone doesn't just mean physically; it's waking up alone and having that yearning for someone, and realizing that there is no one out there feeling that yearning for you, and in the morning it won't be any different. That there will be no one to hear about you waking up alone like that, because you are not connected to anyone and therefore what you feel does not matter.
...Anyway. Sorry for that. But thanks for posting that so I could remember those lines. I hadn't thought about them in a while.
Now I'm going to have to put off going to bed so that I'm not thinking about them when I do. Haha.