what do you make of this when you read it....The sun is all love and murder, judgement, the perpetual raid of conscience, paratrooping light which opens like a snow-blossom in the downward drift of death. Wherever I turn - the golden cymbals of judgement, the summoning of the torturers of light
2006-10-27 01:45:15 · 6 answers · asked by JeN 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
The sun is the all-seeing, all knowing giver of life and warmth, like God, that, although filled with love is also filled with judgement. The sun / God exposes all the dark shadows of our souls, all our sins, all our guilt. We cannot hide, cannot escape from the tortuous exposure, a slow and steady attack, and we die a little bit each time our shameful sin, our guilty conscience, our soul is exposed.
[Well, it sounded good..]
2006-10-27 02:01:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
It means that the sun sees everything, it is a witness to good, bad, and evil. The "golden cymbals" are the suns rays. Id have to read the context around it to tell you much else. But thats the basic meaning.
2006-10-27 08:50:32 · answer #2 · answered by cheerbarbie729 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Someone who is drifting off to die the light and cymbals of judgment are like soldiers waiting for you to enter either heaven or hell. Just guessing!
2006-10-27 08:53:13 · answer #3 · answered by ????? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like the author has overdosed on Sylvia Plath. The passage you posted seems over wrought. My guess is it was written by a teenage girl who feels like no one understands her.
2006-10-27 09:19:44 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it means the person has been out in the sun too long. Or maybe the thing that attracts us is also the thing that can burn us.
2006-10-27 08:54:47 · answer #5 · answered by Kacky 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Melodramatic????
2006-10-27 08:48:45 · answer #6 · answered by SNVL 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋