Alexander Pope's "Eloisa to Abelard" lines 207-210 are:
"How happy is the blameless vestal's lot!
The world forgetting, by the world forgot.
Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind!
Each pray'r accepted, and each wish resign'd;"
It's from my favorite movie Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and I want to know what this quote means.
2007-05-15 16:01:30 · 1 answers · asked by screenwrita17 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Vestals were temple virgins in ancient Roman pagan worship. After Eloise and Abelard parted ("blameless"), she became a nun, an abbess at the Paraclete, and he a monk. So she is a "modern" "vestal," a nun. She forgets the world, and the world forgets her. The mind of a virtuous person is eternal sunshine. Heaven accepts all her prayers, and she has nothing more to wish.
2007-05-15 16:21:00 · answer #1 · answered by steve_geo1 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋