The Lotos-eaters by Alfred Lord Tennyson | Explanation [PART 1]
Summary
TLDRIn this video, the speaker explores Alfred Lord Tennyson's poem 'The Lotus-Eaters,' set in the Victorian era. Tennyson, known for his long and influential literary career, draws inspiration from his travels to Spain and Greek mythology, particularly the Odyssey. The poem, first published in 1832 and revised in 1842, tells the story of Odysseus and his men who, upon reaching an island, encounter the lotus fruit that induces a dreamy, sluggish state, making them reluctant to leave the island and continue their journey home. The speaker highlights the poem's vivid imagery, slow and drowsy tone, and its use of the Spenserian stanza, creating an immersive and picturesque experience.
Takeaways
- 📜 Alfred Lord Tennyson is renowned as a prominent Victorian poet with a long literary career, starting to write at a young age and continuing until his death at 82.
- 🌟 Tennyson's work reflects the turbulent Victorian era, making him a representative poet of his time, with 'The Lotus Eaters' being one of his notable poems.
- 🗺️ 'The Lotus Eaters' was inspired by Tennyson's visit to Spain and the Pyrenees Mountains, as well as his friend Henry Hallam, whom he commemorated in 'In Memoriam A.H.H.'.
- 📖 The poem was first published in 1832 and revised in 1842, showing Tennyson's evolving perspective and poetic development.
- 🎭 Greek mythology, particularly the story of Ulysses from 'The Odyssey,' serves as a significant influence for 'The Lotus Eaters,' with Ulysses as a central character.
- 🌅 The poem is set during the afternoon, a time associated with drowsiness and lethargy, which is mirrored in the poem's tone and imagery.
- 🏞️ Tennyson's vivid imagery and use of language create a picturesque scene of the island, evoking a sense of tranquility and slow pace.
- 🎼 The poem's structure includes two parts: the first with a specific stanza pattern and rhyme scheme, and the second, 'Choric Song,' with varying lengths and rhyme schemes.
- 🌾 The lotus fruit given to Ulysses and his men by the island's inhabitants induces a state of dreamy lethargy, causing them to forget their desire to return home.
- 🎶 The poem's rhythm and language induce a sense of drowsiness in the reader, mirroring the experience of those who partake in the lotus fruit.
- 🌍 The 'Lotus Eaters' serves as a metaphor for the allure of complacency and the struggle between the desire for adventure and the temptation of an easy, unchanging life.
Q & A
Who is Alfred Lord Tennyson and why is he significant?
-Alfred Lord Tennyson is a prominent Victorian poet known for his long literary career, having started writing at a young age and continuing until his death at 82. He is significant as he is considered the most eminent poet of the Victorian era, reflecting the changes of the time in his poetry.
What is the poem 'The Lotus Eaters' about and what inspired it?
-The poem 'The Lotus Eaters' is about the journey of Ulysses and his crew to an island where they encounter the lotus plant. It was inspired by Tennyson's visit to Spain and the Pyrenees mountains, as well as Greek mythology and the story of Ulysses from the Odyssey.
What is the significance of the lotus in Greek mythology and the Odyssey?
-In Greek mythology, the lotus represents a plant with fruits that, when eaten, induce a state of forgetfulness and a desire to stay in the land where the lotus grows, as experienced by Ulysses and his crew in the Odyssey.
What is the structure of 'The Lotus Eaters' in terms of stanzas and rhyme scheme?
-The poem is divided into two parts. The first part consists of five nine-line stanzas with a Spenserian stanza pattern and a rhyme scheme of a b a b b c b c c. The second part, titled 'Choric Song,' has eight stanzas of varying lengths and no standard rhyme scheme.
How does Tennyson use imagery and tone in 'The Lotus Eaters' to create a sense of lethargy and drowsiness?
-Tennyson uses rich and highly visual imagery, describing the scenic beauty of the island and the slow-moving elements like the waterfall and the languid air. The tone is slow and sluggish, inducing a sense of lethargy and drowsiness in the reader, mirroring the effects of the lotus fruit.
What is the effect of the lotus fruit on Ulysses and his crew in the poem?
-The lotus fruit induces a state of deep drowsiness and forgetfulness in those who eat it. The crew members who taste the fruit become disoriented, unable to hear their companions clearly, and feel a strong desire to remain on the island, forgetting their homeland and the need to return.
What is the significance of the setting of the poem being always 'afternoon'?
-The setting of the poem being always 'afternoon' contributes to the overall sluggish and drowsy atmosphere. Afternoon is traditionally a time associated with rest and relaxation, which aligns with the effects of the lotus fruit and the lethargic state of the crew.
How does Tennyson's use of language in 'The Lotus Eaters' enhance the poem's themes?
-Tennyson's use of language, with its rich descriptive words and slow-paced sentences, enhances the themes of the poem. The choice of words and the rhythm of the lines reflect the tranquility and the seductive pull of the lotus island, drawing the reader into the experience.
What is the 'Choric Song' section of the poem and how does it differ from the first part?
-The 'Choric Song' is the second part of 'The Lotus Eaters,' which is a series of eight stanzas with varying lengths and no standard rhyme scheme. It differs from the first part in structure and may represent the song of the lotus eaters themselves, adding another layer to the narrative.
How does Tennyson's poem 'The Lotus Eaters' relate to the broader themes of the Victorian era?
-The poem can be related to the broader themes of the Victorian era by reflecting the period's exploration and discovery, as well as the moral and emotional complexities that can arise from such encounters. The lotus island represents an alluring but potentially dangerous distraction from one's duties and goals.
Outlines
📜 Introduction to Alfred Lord Tennyson and 'The Lotus-Eaters'
This paragraph introduces the renowned Victorian poet, Alfred Lord Tennyson, highlighting his long and illustrious career that spanned his entire life. Tennyson began writing at a young age and is recognized as the most eminent poet of his era. The speaker discusses the poem 'The Lotus-Eaters,' published in 1832 and later revised in 1842. The poem was inspired by Tennyson's visit to Spain and the Pyrenees mountains, as well as the Greek mythology of Ulysses from the Odyssey. The narrative focuses on the journey of Ulysses and his men after the Trojan War, emphasizing the challenges they faced due to the wrath of the gods.
🌅 The Arrival and Scenery of the Lotus-Eaters' Island
The second paragraph describes the arrival of Ulysses and his crew at an unknown island after being adrift at sea for nine days. The crew is relieved to see land, and the poem begins with their landing. The island is depicted as a place of perpetual afternoon, with a serene and sluggish atmosphere that induces a sense of lethargy. The speaker discusses the structure of the poem, which is divided into two parts: the first with a specific stanza pattern and rhyme scheme, and the second part titled 'Choric Song' with varying lengths and rhyme schemes. The paragraph also touches on the poem's rich imagery and the effect it has on the reader, inducing a similar sense of drowsiness as experienced by the characters.
🏞️ Describing the Enchanted Island and Its Inhabitants
In this paragraph, the detailed description of the island's landscape is provided, including its waterfalls, streams, and mountains. The imagery is vivid, with the waterfall appearing like 'downward smoke' and the landscape being filled with a 'languorous air.' The paragraph also introduces the inhabitants of the island, the Lotus-Eaters, who are described as having pale faces against the rosy flame of the setting sun. They are characterized as melancholic and passive, offering the crew of Ulysses an enigmatic plant with a sweet fruit that induces a dreamy state.
🍂 The Effect of the Lotus Fruit and the Crew's Reaction
The fourth paragraph discusses the immediate effect of consuming the lotus fruit given by the island's inhabitants. Those who tasted the fruit found themselves in a state of deep drowsiness, unable to hear their companions clearly and feeling as if they were in a dream. The narrative describes the psychological impact of the fruit, which makes the crew members feel disconnected from their past and reluctant to continue their journey home. The paragraph captures the conflict between the desire to return home and the allure of the tranquility offered by the island.
🛌 The Decision to Remain on the Island
The final paragraph of the script reveals the crew's decision to stay on the island, seduced by the tranquility and the effects of the lotus fruit. They express a longing for their homeland but ultimately decide not to return, succumbing to the allure of the island's eternal afternoon and the dreamy state induced by the lotus fruit. The paragraph concludes with the crew singing about their decision to no longer roam, signifying their acceptance of a new, peaceful existence on the island.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Alfred Lord Tennyson
💡Victorian Era
💡The Lotus-Eaters
💡Ulysses
💡Odyssey
💡Lotus Fruit
💡Ithaca
💡Pyrénées Mountains
💡Languid
💡Choric Song
💡Imagery
Highlights
Alfred Lord Tennyson is recognized as a prominent Victorian poet with a long literary career.
Tennyson began writing poetry at a young age, composing an epic poem of nearly 6,000 lines by the age of 12.
Despite a nine-year hiatus from publishing, Tennyson continued to write and emerged as a leading poet of the Victorian era.
The Victorian period was marked by significant changes, which are reflected in Tennyson's poetry.
Tennyson's poem 'The Lotus-Eaters' was inspired by his visit to Spain and the Pyrenees mountains with his friend Henry Hallam.
The poem 'The Lotus-Eaters' was first published in 1832 and revised in 1842.
Greek mythology and the story of Ulysses from 'The Odyssey' served as a source of inspiration for 'The Lotus-Eaters'.
The poem uses a unique stanza pattern, the Spenserian stanza, with a rhyme scheme of a b a b b c b c c.
The 'Choric Song' section of the poem features eight stanzas of varying lengths and rhyme schemes.
Ulysses, the main character in 'The Lotus-Eaters', is depicted as a leader encouraging his crew amidst a long and arduous journey.
The poem vividly describes the serene and sluggish atmosphere of the island, inducing a sense of lethargy in the reader.
Tennyson's use of imagery in 'The Lotus-Eaters' creates a highly visual and picturesque scene reminiscent of a postcard.
The poem's setting is established as perpetually afternoon, evoking a time of drowsiness and relaxation.
The lotus fruit given to Ulysses and his crew by the island's inhabitants has a hypnotic effect, causing them to forget their homes.
The poem explores themes of escapism and the allure of a life free from the burdens of the past.
The lotus eaters' melancholic demeanor and the poem's slow pace reflect the emotional state of the characters.
Tennyson's language choices in 'The Lotus-Eaters' contribute to the poem's overall tone of sluggishness and tranquility.
Transcripts
hello friends welcome back to yet
another session with me
today i have taken the poem the lotus
eaters
by alfred lord tennyson lord tennyson
as you know is the most prominent of the
victorian poets
and he had a very long literary career
the span of his career was pretty long
he lived up to 82 years and he had
actually started writing poetry when he
was very little
by the time he was 12 years he had
written an epic poem which amounted to
almost
6 000 lines and then he never really
stopped writing
though he kind of kept away from
publishing his poems for
a spell of nine years he continued to
write
and he uh emerged to become or
emerged as the most eminent poet of the
victorian
era and he was considered the national
poet
and he was a man who lived through the
entire victorian period and victorian
period
was a turbulent time of a lot of changes
and all that happened during the
victorian era
can be seen you can read in his poems
about all the changes that happened then
so he is the most representative poet of
his age
so now talking about the poem the lotus
eaters
it was published in 1832 when we think
of what exactly prompted him to write
this poem
one is that he had visited spain
with his friend with his very close and
dear friend are the henry hallem
and it is this very other henry harlam
who died very young a few years later
and tennyson wrote the poem in memoriam
to commemorate
this friend of his and so when he
visited
spain and the pyrenees mountains he was
awe struck by the scenic beauty of the
land
and that is believed to be one
inspiration
for this poem and to others written
along with this
and this was published first in 1832 and
then
a revised version came out in 1842
and yet another source of inspiration
for this poem was
greek mythology and the story of
ulysses or the odyssey you know in odc
you have the character called odysseus
who is also known as ulysses and i
guess most of you would have read the
poem ulysses by alfred lord tennyson
which is the most anthologized of his
poems and here too in this poem we have
ulysses as a main character there
but there is not much of action
attributed to
odysseus here and so there is this
incident now you know the story of
ulysses
please don't get confused when i say
ulysses and odysseus both of them
refer to the same person in book 9 of
the odyssey
homer has written now this story of the
odyssey
it happened somewhere in the 12 000 and
1180 bc
and there in book nine this whole book
is about this adventure of
odysseus that is why the book is called
odc
and there is this these people that is
ulysses and his band of warriors
they are returning from troy after the
battle of troy
when helen of troy was taken away by
paris the prince of troy
and she was the wife of manolos and so
all the greek heroes and warriors they
went to support manolos
and so paris and his party lost the war
and it was a long drawn-out war of
almost 10 years
and now they are on their journey back
to their home in itaka the island of
ithaca
is where ulysses belongs and all the
people along with him are also from
itaka and they're all going back to
itaka
and this going back this journey again
takes another 10 years
because in the course of the trojan war
and even before that a lot of events
happen that is what
is the main story of the iliad
and many things happened and somehow or
the other ulysses
had made enemies with a few gods and
goddesses
in the greek mythology we know that
there are a lot of gods and goddesses
who are very touchy
very sensitive who get angry and who
take revenge
that kind of gods and so ulysses had
trouble with a few of them and they kept
passing impediments and obstacles on his
way back
and uh so the journey it took
i should say voyage not the journey
because it's a sea
uh journey and so it's a voyage and uh
it takes a long time almost 10 years and
it is these adventures that is described
elaborately in the book called the
odyssey
and so what happens in book nine of the
odc
is that our man and his band of warriors
his
sailors their ship has been
kind of it has been blown uh away out of
their path by the stray winds
and there's a strong wind they cannot
control their ship and so
the for nine days the ship is just
floating aimlessly in the sea
and finally on the tenth day they
look out and they see land far away
and they are relieved and so that is how
the poem begins
with their landing in this particular
island and
this island again is believed to be the
island
citera somewhere maybe in north africa
according to the odyssey but here in
this poem
nothing is said about the the the
whereabouts
it's just only the beauty of the island
is described and
the topography is described we don't
really know which island he's talking
about
and again the lotus eaters in this form
the lotus
okay maybe i'll come to that later and
now the poem is divided into two parts
the first five stanzas and the first
five stanzas
are all nine line stances what you would
call this pencilian stencil
this is the stanza pattern stansack
pattern that was used by
edmund spencer in his fairy queen and it
comprises of eight
iambic pentameter lines and one last
alexandrine
okay and the rhyme scheme of this nine
line
stanza is a b a b b c b c
and c so first part comprises of
five nine lined stances now the second
part
has a title it is called coric song
and that has eight stanzas but here
these eight stanzas
are of varying length and there is no
what a standard rhyme scheme there
all the eight stanzas are different in
their length and in their
rhyme scheme so the second part is a is
titled choric song
and has eight stanzas and so the poem
begins uh with this leader
it's elise's most probably he is
pointing out they're still in the ship
and he's pointing out to the land and
now the people you can imagine eight
nine days of just roaming around
aimlessly in the sea
they had lost all hope that they reached
somewhere they thought they'd all die
hungry
and so that is when they see land and so
the leader or
ulysses tries to encourage them tries to
boost them
boost their declining draining morale
and so he tells them courage
that he points to the island and says so
i have begun the first stanza
courage he said and pointed towards the
land this mountain wave will roll us
shorewood soon so he assures them that
we are going to reach the land
and finally in the afternoon because
when you are at sea
the land seems closer than it really is
and so
by afternoon they finally came to the
land
they reached that island and there
it was a very special island because it
seemed always
afternoon see what is very beautiful or
special about this poem
is that one thing it is very very
beautiful it's so scenic because all
that he saw in spain
that landscape he rise to present here
before us so beautifully
and one thing it's as i said it's
beautiful and the tone
the tone is very slow it is sluggish
it is so porific as you would see it
kind of induces a lethargy
and a kind of a drowsiness and what is
amazing
is that tennyson has managed to
write the poem in such a way that a
reader who reads the poem
would feel the same drowsiness and would
feel the same sluggishness i wonder how
the poet has managed to do that anyway
you will understand better of what i'm
saying
when you listen to the poem and the poem
is very it's
rich in imagery all kind of imagery it's
highly visual because you it's so
colorful you can see
everything that you can see the poem see
in inverted you know though you read it
you can see it and his friend ada hallam
called this poem a picturesque poem it's
almost like a postcard on which you can
see
a picture and uh so the the picture
also matches the picture and the tone
and everything you know
it matches with the dominant emotion of
the poem
which is sluggishness and slowness and
drowsiness
so the poem courage he said and pointed
towards the land
and so okay they landed there and they
came onto a land
bitsy which it seemed in which it seemed
always afternoon so it was a kind of a
yellowish glow there almost like
afternoon
all around the coast the language aired
its moon
now afternoon itself you know is a time
when all of us feel quite drowsy after
lunch it's a time when all of us feel
that it would be nice if you could take
a siesta or a short nap
so the purpose of setting this
poem in the time of the afternoon
itself you know he has done it with a
purpose
and he describes the place to us
everything all around you look all
around there was a languid air
or it is hot and so everything is kind
of languid
lifeless slow breathing like one that at
the very dream
okay so air seems to be breathing a slow
breath as if you are seeing a dream a
very weary and a tiresome dream
and in the afternoon too you can see the
full faced moon
full faced above the valley stood the
moon and like a downward smoke
the slender stream along the cliff to
fall and pause and fall did see
so from the place where they are
standing far away they may be
may are standing on some kind of an
elevated ground maybe on a hilltop
or a mount and from there far away into
the island they can see a distant
waterfall
and the way the waterfall falls down it
looks like downward smoke
because you know that waterfall it it
looks white and it's hazy because it's
moving
and the falling and passing and falling
you know that is it is so
true i don't know how many of you have
watched
a waterfall from a distance from a long
distance it's not just standing far away
but maybe a few kilometers away you see
this
thing far off and this is exactly how
you would see the waterfall the movement
of the waterfall
you would feel as if the water is
falling down in steps
it falls and then it stops it falls and
it stops
so that that motion of the fall of
skating of the water
it is so beautifully portrayed i don't
think anybody can say it
more you know correctly and more
beautifully than this
along the cliff to fall and pass and
fall did seem
it's only an optical illusion because it
doesn't fall that it looks
the distance make it appear so and then
he says they looked around they must
have explored the island
because they want to know where they
have reached and it is a land of streams
there are many many many streams flowing
some like a downward smoke slow dropping
whales of thinness
lawn did go lawn again is a material
okay it's not the lawn
that we have in front of our houses the
grassy lawn it's not that
it's a material that he's talking about
so the waterfalls are like
whales of thinnest lawn very lacy la
cy lazy kind of material some are
waterfalls
and then you and some through wavering
lights and shadows broke
rolling a slumberous sheet of foam below
and some are more
slow and light is playing on the waters
and they are first some are just falling
very lazily
as if it is slumberous feeling sleepy
and then they saw a gleaming river
seawater there is another big river that
is flowing towards the sea
and again far away they can see three
uh mountains three silent pinnacles of
aged snow
why does he say aged snow because it
looks as if that snow has been there
forever
and the three silent pinnacles stood
sunset flushed
because there is this yellow sunset
light
falling on the snow so it stands sunset
flushed and dewed with showery drops you
have showery drops of dew also
or it is spotted with moisture that's
what he means
and uh he can also see the pine forest
so down up cloam cloam i think
is the past tense of claim claimed
up claimed so he has coined the word up
cloam the shadow in pine tree because we
know that
in mountainous and in cold regions it is
in the higher
reaches off the mountain as the mountain
goes higher that is where you have pine
trees
all the other vegetation stops in the
lower levels of the hills
so here below you see a woven cups
and up in the higher levels of the
higher reaches of the mountain
you see the pine forests the shadowy
pine because far
from far they look very shadowy or hazy
and here you can see a word cups
c-o-p-s-e
so let me take this opportunity to
introduce you to
similar words there so c-o-p-s-e cups
is actually a small thicket or a wooded
region a small wooded region it's not
exactly a
thick forest but then a place an area
where a lot of trees are there
it's called the cups then what other
word do we know which is very similar to
this which has
almost a similar pronunciation we have
cops c-o-r-p-s-e
cops a corpse is a dead body a lifeless
okay so that is the cops
and then you we also have cop cop which
is the word that we use it's a
colloquial usage for a policeman
a cop he's a cop okay that is their cop
and then there is also another one which
many of us
pronounce as cops c-o-r-p-s
but it is wrongly pronounced as cops now
this is what
ncc you know what the ncc stands for it
is a national
cadet cops cops that is how most of us
pronounce it
but actually it is cars
a car is a military organization so the
ncc
is not the national cadet cops but it is
the national cadet course
c-o-r-p-s the p is
silent there okay so this is how we uh
you know enhance our vocabulary when you
get a word
when we just investigate and find more
words
with a similar pronunciation or a
similar meaning
or similar spelling it makes it easier
for you to learn
a few more words so he says so this is
what they see they see waterfalls and
they see this
cups and the mountains and all that and
the
charmed sunset lingered low down in the
red
west so then slowly it is evening and
the whole
western part has become red through
mountain clefts
the dale was seen far inland and the
yellow down bordered with palms so far
away they can see
a very downy kind of place with grass
and such things and it's bordered with
palm trees
and they can see valleys and meadows set
with slender gallingale
galengale is a kind of a grass it's very
commonly seen in our places
it almost looks like a miniature coconut
tree it has
what do you the top part of this plant
is almost resembles a coconut tree
that plant is called a gallingale and it
like
if you walk through this gallinger it
sticks onto your
cloth sticks onto your socks and your
skirt so
that is gallingale and so they can see
areas of gallingale and a land where all
things almost
seem the same always seem the same and
round about the keel with faces pale
dark faces pale against that rosy flame
the mild-eyed melancholy lotus eaters
came and so
they uh have just got down from the ship
heel is the front part of the ship so
they have come
got got down from the ship uh they have
elected
from the ship and the natives of that
land
they come forward to meet these people
they are dark
faces so because as i told you in the
odyssey
this island was somewhere in africa so
people with
dark skin they come but they're all pale
against the rosy flame the rosy flame
might be the flame of the sun or the
setting sun
and they are all melancholy very quiet
they
don't display any kind of excitement at
seeing these
newcomers so they just come there they
very mild
passive and they have something with
them
branches they bore of that enchanted
stem laden with flower and fruit so they
as when they come they have brought
along with them a special kind of a
plant which these people have not really
seen these people from the ship ulises
and his men
this plant is new to them and so
he they as a sign of welcome
they gave each one of them this fruit
and
this flower and uh i think we also it's
good to remember that
this load don't picture lotus as we have
here the tamara or
tamara or kamal don't ever imagine that
in the place of this lotus this is
something else we don't
know the identity of this particular
it's maybe a fancy
kind of a imaginary plant
it is definitely not the lotus that we
have
in our mind and so um the lotus flower
and fruit they bring it and they give it
to each one of them
so all of them took it maybe because
when somebody gives you something you
take it
and some of them they tasted it also
because they were asked to eat it and so
they
in odc it says that this fruits were
very tasty
it was sweet it tasted like dates sweet
and juicy like dates that is what
is said in the odc so here he doesn't
say anything about the day about how it
tastes
so what happened to the people who
tasted this
fruit to him the gushing of the way far
away it seemed to moan and rave on alien
shows
and if his fellow speak his voice was
thin his voice is from the grave
and deep asleep he seemed it all awake
and music in his ears his beating heart
did peak
so then what happened to the people who
ate it some of them
would have readily very readily eaten
what they got some people are a little
careful
so ulysses was very ulysses did not
right away eat the fruit so he just held
it maybe in his hand
and we can picture all these things you
know and but uh some others immediately
soon and
must they must have been very hungry too
because they've been roaming around for
a long time and so as soon as they got
it they ate it and what happened when
they ate it
was that they couldn't hear what their
friends were saying
they seem to be in deep deep sleep but
they're awake
and in their years the only music that
they can hear
is the beating of their hearts so that
that was an immediate
impact of the eating of this particular
fruit
and then these uh we've come to the
stand fifth stanza
and so these people they started feeling
very drowsy they immediately sat there
on this yellow sand
between the sun and the moon and upon
the shore
and sweet it was dream of father land of
child and wife and slave
but ever more most weary seemed to see
weary the ore
theory the wandering fields of barren
form then someone said
we will return no more and all at once
they sang
our island home is far beyond the wave
we will no longer roam
so all these people who ate this fruit
they just sat
down there and they remembered their
fatherland and their wives and children
and everything but and the slave course
because
those days greeks the noble greeks used
to have slaves so they could remember
all of them
but then they suddenly felt that they
just didn't want to go back
because going back home home was far
away and going back is a long journey
across a bar and foam baron foam here
means the sea
and so one of them suddenly said let's
not go back
let's all just sit here because the
island is too far away
and we will no longer roam okay so that
is the end of the
first part and here in this section and
all these stances you have so many
words that spell of
sluggishness and slowness because we
have the word
right from the beginning you have this
languid air
then always afternoon afternoon itself i
told you
signifies uh slowness and drowsiness and
then you have the word weary dream
and the falling of the waterfall is fall
and paws
and then slow dropping whales slumberous
sheet
everything is slow so slow and the
sunset is lingering as though it doesn't
want to go off
and the people again are pale and they
are
melancholy and so there is this air of
slowness
everywhere so this is what happens in
part one
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