J'ai vu des archipels sideraux! et des iles Dont les cieux delirants sont ouverts au vogueur: Est-ce en ces nuits sans fond que tu dors et t'exiles, Million d'oiseaux d'or, o future Vigueur?
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The poet describes seeing starry archipelagos and asks if gold birds sleep in deep nights.
- In plain terms
- I saw magical islands and wonder if future strength sleeps there.
- What can you take from it?
- Imagination creates worlds where hope might rest.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Where does your hope come from?
- What lies in the dark?
Another view
The imagery is abstract and hard to visualize literally.
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