Time Wins // Braylan Stringfellow
For this weeks blog post, I want to talk about two lines from Auden’s poem “As I Walked out One Evening.” The two lines I want to talk about say. “‘O let not Time deceive you, / You cannot conquer Time” (Auden). I do find it interesting how time is referred to as a person. As interesting as this is, this is not the main thing I want to talk about from these lines. What I would like to do is try to find the meaning in these lines.
I think the meaning in these lines has a lot to do with the phrase “Time flies by when your having fun.” Later in the poem is a line that says “Vaguely life leaks away” (Auden). The context surrounding this line is what I imagine as two people having fun at night. This is probably not what is actually happening but it is how I visualized the poem. What I think Auden is saying is that time does not last forever, and time will always win at ending the moment no matter how much you think it will last forever. I think that is what he means by saying that “you cannot conquer time.”
I commented on Lily’s and Emma Patterson’s post
Even though time conquers all of us, I would argue time cannot conquer love as often as you would think. When a loved one passes, obviously time has bested them, but it has not bested the love you have for them. As one of my favorite shows put it, "What is grief if not love persevering?" Grief is proof that love for someone can outlast the time you have with someone, and that love will only be bested when time takes you as well.
ReplyDeleteHey Braylan! When I read this portion of the text, it reminded me of The Hobbit: "Riddles in the Dark," in which Bilbo and Gollum are having their riddle game. Gollum says: "This thing all things devours: Birds, beasts, trees, flowers; Gnaws iron, bites steel; Grinds hard stones to meal; Slays king, ruins town, And beats high mountain down." And the answer is Time! I also agree with you that it's interesting how Time is personified. Good post!
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