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From the book of light (1993), "far memory 7" Summary
The poem is subtitled "gloria mundi," the glory of the world, inferring the material world. The poem explores some of the basic truths of life, what one can really know. First, we can carry little with us, that we carry what we can hold in our "cupped hands" as we are born, or in other words, nothing. Then, some of us are born and some are "brought," inferring individuals not human. Finally, since this poem is speaking from the point of view of the nun, it is much more difficult to serve with focus and selflessness than it is to just have faith.
From the book of light (1993), "far memory 7" Analysis
This is a poem easily understood to be from a nun's point of view. It explores some of the basic things of being mortal in this world, that we have nothing when we are born and also when we leave; that we are born into circumstances outside...
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