And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?
I remember verses of the antichrist coming from the east, where Bethlehem is from. A lot of references to Bethlehem.
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- Oct 2021
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A shape with lion body and the head of a man,
This one actually reminds me some of a verse from the bible that talks about the second coming; there will be a man, a figure with a lion head, another with an eagle's head (I think?), and a skeletal figure. I could be from this following example that the poet is drawing his influence from.
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Themes of perverse sexuality or cruelty and violence shockingly dismantled what many Victorians felt were necessary or even natural lines drawn between aesthetic beauty and repellent or ‘ugly’ morality.
But did the themes glorify or subtly condemn the “ugly beauty” and subversion of morality?
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Their emphasis on sensual beauty and on strong connections between visual and verbal forms was certainly highly influential.
How did that intrude on people’s sense of morality?
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Art for art’s sake’ became identified with the energy and creativity of aestheticism – but it also became a shorthand way of expressing the fears of those who saw this uncoupling of art and morality as dangerous.
This is also the attitude that came with postmodern art I think — making art that beared little to no indication to meaning, and that’s why it also caused controversy.
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- Aug 2021
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Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?
It's a replica of the first stanza but with "dare" instead of "could." "Dare" poses a hypothetical reality of such a creation while "dare" imposes a question and certainty of its very existence
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Could frame thy fearful symmetry?
The symmetry here could refer to the powerful dichotomy between danger and beauty.
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Tyger Tyger, burning bright, In the forests of the night;
Since "Tyger" isn't spelled in the right way, it's a good pointer that what's being described isn't a "tiger" as we know it in the traditional sense.
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