"Time Feels So Vast That Were It Not"
I fear me this Circumference
Engross my Finity-
To His exclusion, who prepare
By Processes of Size
For the Stupendous Vision
Of His diameters-
Analysis/ Comment
The preciousness of time is being exposed in the poem “Time Feels So Vast That Were It Not”. The poet describes how time seems to be infinite at first, but then we realize that it does not last forever. This is to be infinite, but it actually does not last forever. And this is what the speaker is afraid of: that time is going to widen his/her expectations/ goals for the future. Finally,
Everyone knows that time is precious, but in our daily lives, no one really appreciates it. Time looks like infinite, it can change our plans, goals or even our existence but it is not. Although time can not tell human beings about the future, we should not just exclude it. Time does not go back, so, live the moment and take good care of it.
1 comment:
The first stanza seems to describe how time is vast and endless, but life is always finite. The pronouns “His” seem like they are referring to God. I think that the mention of the “Circumference” is representative of time, and the common idea that time is a circle. Therefore, the author is afraid of the circumference of the circle because she is afraid of time, and how the passage of it engrosses the “Finity” of her life. Then, I think “His Diameters” is referring to God being an infinite being, and not being confined to the limits of time. As in, time being a circle, mortal beings like us are trapped traveling in one direction along the circumference of time, whereas an infinite being has no restrictions, and can pass directly through the diameter of the circle of time. Time feeling vast might also just be a perception of us, due to our mortality, where to a God with different and unimaginable perceptions of time, the infiniteness of time might be finite to them. “Stupendous Vision” could refer to a Gods ability to see all of time, and the future and pasts of mortal beings, while those mortal beings are excluded from being able to comprehend its size, and thus left in the dark throughout their lives.
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