2006-09-20 13:40:02 · 6 answers · asked by asundram 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Other - Arts & Humanities
The few words you quote don't pose any problem with their meaning, nor do the ones that immediately follow them, but a line later are the words, "Lest one good custom should corrupt the world." Perhaps that's what you wonder about. What it means is this: In an order of things that is appropriate to one generation, ruled by one authority, there may be a custom or law or practice that works well for that generation. However, when that generation passes and the next one takes over, that custom may no longer be appropriate, and the old customs must yield to the new, and not blindly be kept in place just because they worked for a previous generation, even one of Arthurian majesty and goodness. If kept inappropriately, they would eventually do great harm, and corrupt the whole world. Thus it is wise to reexamine traditions whenever an old order gives way to a new one.
2006-09-20 15:03:42 · answer #1 · answered by haroldpohl2000 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
without the rest of the poem it's hard to tell for sure, but by itself it means that the old order of things...how things were done and who decided things, are changing. like the old rules are being changed and new times are coming.
2006-09-20 13:42:49 · answer #2 · answered by foxfirevigil 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The New order has taken over ?
2006-09-20 13:41:56 · answer #3 · answered by Bill L 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"The old guard has ceased" and a new regime is in place. Thought that would be obvious to someone who reads Tennyson?
2006-09-20 13:50:57 · answer #4 · answered by Bont11 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Evolution is taking place.
2006-09-20 13:46:58 · answer #5 · answered by savio 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Haroldpoh couldn't have put it better.
2006-09-20 21:22:55 · answer #6 · answered by Tony h 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋