Difficult words and meanings - 7 - Orison = a prayer 8 - A Matin is a service in the Church of England 9 - A censer is a vessel in which incense is burned. 25 - athwart = sloping position 26 - Locate the Appenine mountain range south of the Po valley on the map of the Italian peninsula. 42-Tenour - a singing voice between baritone and alto or countertenor, the highest of the ordinary adult male range. 46-Gnats - a small two-winged fly that resembles a mosquito. Gnats include both biting and non-biting forms, and they typically form large swarms. 51-Bier-A bier is a table-like movable fan. 78 - Mary Shelley had filled the gap left in the text of the posm by her husband with 'blinding'. 83-Herald - an official employed to oversee state ceremonial, precedence, and the use of armorial bearings, and (historically) to make proclamations, carry official messages, and oversee tournaments. 85 - The crescent new moon is seen as a ~nariot in which is seated the shadow of the moon. 91 - Mourners wear black material qr crape on their clothes, 92 - dun = dark 116-yoke-collar 121 - Age refers to a historical period, an era. 128-136 - The 'sacred few ... of Athens and Jerusalem Are' obviously Socrates and Jesus Christ. 132-Diadem-Headband or crown 155 - Vlae=valley 155- Impale - drive, force, or urge (someone) to do something 180 - Tile 'voice' in this line refers to Rousseau just as in line 190 the grim Feature' refers to him. Milton described Deatli in Pnmdise Lost (Book X, line 279) as a 'grim Feature'. . 189-forbear=politely or patiently restrain an impulse to do something; refrain. 197-Stagger=walk or move unsteadily, as if about to fall. 210 - A mitre is a tall pointed hat worn by priests of high rank such as bishops and archbishops on ceremonial occasions. - A helm is an old use of helmet. In the old phrase 'at the helm' (or the person at the top ) refers to the man at the tiller - a long handle fastened to the top end of a small boat's rudder so that it can be turned easily. 210 - A mitre is a tall pointed hat worn by priests of high rank such as bisl~ops and archbishops on ceremonial occasions. - A helm is an old use of helmet. In the old phrase 'at the helm' (or the person at the top ) refers to the man at the tiller - a long handle fastened to the top end of a small boat's rudder so that it can be turned easily. 215 Napoleon Bonaparte is described. 237 - demagogue- a political leader who seeks support by appealing to the desires and prejudices of ordinary people rather than by using rational argument. 253- phantom - ghost 270 - Francis Bacon (156 1-1626) discussed in his The Wisdom of the I Ancients, the myth of Proteus as an allegory of physical matter and its transformation. 274 - Tn the place of bards of old' Shelley had written, in a cancelled draft of the poem, 'Homer & his brethren.' 286-sceptre-an ornamented staff carried by rulers on ceremonial occasions as a symbol of sovereignty. 288 - While John was the name most commonly adopted by the popes, Gregory VII (Hildebrand) is singled out by Shelley because he established the temporal powers of the papacy, apart from its spiritual. 310 - clime -a region considered with reference to its climate. 314 -rivulet- a small stream of water or another liquid. 323 - eventide - the end of the day; evening. 324 - dispossest - deprive (someone) of land, property, or other possessions. 331 - To be oblivious of something is to be unmindful or forgetful of it: In poetry, however, the word is used in the sense of, 'of or inducing oblivion'. Rousseau's account of his life in this poem is modelled partly on his Confessions and partly on Wordsworth's Intimations of Immortality. 345-46 - The sun, here, is symbol of the deity. It is reflected from water which is symbol of mortality. Shelley shows us the play of life and death, immortality and mortality 352 - Critics agree that 'A shape all light' in this line represents human creativity. It is like the sun in glory because we see things as much in the light of our imagination as in the light of common day. 357 - In Greek mythology Iris is the goddess who acts like the messenger of the gods. She displays the rainbow as her sign. 359 - Nepenthe, mentioned in Homer's The Odyssey, is an Egyptian drug whioh has the power to banish pain, anger and sorrow. Helen of Troy gives it to Telernachus (in The Odyssey, IV), Shelley's immediate source could be Milton's Comus, in which the character of that name, who is son of Circe, the daughter of the Sun, offers an ' orient liquor in a Crystal glasse' which is greater than 'Nepenthes', in order to seduce them. line 361 ' - Shelley's use of the word palm here, as in Adonais and Prometheus .Unbound, for the 'sole' of the foot is quite without precedent, In Adonafs Shelley has, . 367 - enamoured -to be filled with love 367 - Upborne - held up; supported 372 - amethyst - a precious stone consisting of a violet or purple variety of quartz. 414 - Lucifer is light-bringer. In Shelley's poetry it refers always to the planet Venus, the evening and morning star. Chrysolite is aname given to precious olivine, a pale yellowish green silicate of magnesia and iron. 419 - The star refers to Venus, the morning and evening star. 420 - The Jonquil is a type of sweet smelling flower of the Narcissus family 438 - extol - to praise highly 442 - aetherial - The definition of aethereal is something that is fragile, or something that is light and airy, or something that is from heaven. 439 - 41 : A pavilion, as you know, is a large, light ornamental building used for exhibitions or public amusement. Shelley describes a 'wind-winged pavilion' built by Iris whom we met earlier in this poem. This pavilion, formed like an arch of victory is particoloured in vermilion, green and azure. Besides, the pavilion is progressing ahead of the procession. This arch is the arch of Life. Iris represents Life, its richness, its coloufilness, its joyous variety. Life, like a dome of many-coloured glass, Stains Until death tramples it to fragments. The triplet reminds us of the lines in Adonais. 446 Atomies are motes or grains or particles of dust. 463 - Lethe in Greek mythology is the underworld river in Hades. When one drinks its water one forgets the past. Dante was led through Paradise by his beloved Beatrice. 472-74 the subject is Love which led, Dante - 'of him' - from the 'lowest depths of Hell Through every Paradise and through all glory' aud who returned from there to tell us 'How all things are transfigured, except love'. 481-483 - Shelley scholars agree that the 'phantoms' in this passage are like the simulacra or masks described by Lucretius in De Rerum Nalura (Book IV). Lucretius describes ideas, beliefs, superstitions and passions of men peeling off from them and forming simulacra or masks and floating around in the air. 495-Ermine is the name given to stoat in winter when its fur turns white. Formerly, important people such as kings and judges wore the white fur of this animal. Hence, Ermine stands for the' important people in tht: society. 496 - The Pope wears the tiara ( or tiar ) or triple crown which symbolises his dignity.and sovereignty. 500 - Skeletons are also called anatomies. 505 - The bones of the dead are kept in a charnel house. 530 - The shadows a person gave off were each in some aspect like the person from whom they derived and like one another in some respects,
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