01-16-2015, 10:55 AM
Thank you for your kind and honest feedback, Khan
You're right about L1 not needing a comma after it. Repose, as a verb, means (quoting Google's dictionary): "be situated or kept in a particular place", so the Saintly men are held in a place of grief, the place being a frame of mind, and that frame of mind being grief. The first verse refers to ancient icons: sculptures and paintings of religious characters, saints and scenes. I should have made that clearer. The last two lines of verse two refer to the smashing of those sculptures and paintings. Thanks again, Khan, you've given me a lot to think about!
You're right about L1 not needing a comma after it. Repose, as a verb, means (quoting Google's dictionary): "be situated or kept in a particular place", so the Saintly men are held in a place of grief, the place being a frame of mind, and that frame of mind being grief. The first verse refers to ancient icons: sculptures and paintings of religious characters, saints and scenes. I should have made that clearer. The last two lines of verse two refer to the smashing of those sculptures and paintings. Thanks again, Khan, you've given me a lot to think about!
"We believe that we invent symbols. The truth is that they invent us; we are their creatures, shaped by their hard, defining edges." - Gene Wolfe