Time PricelessEssay Preview: Time Priceless1 rating(s)Report this essayTime is free, but its priceless. You cant own it, but you can use it. You cant keep it, but you can spend it. Once youve lost it, you can never get it back. Time is something that humanity tries so very hard to understand, accept, and in some cases, ignore. This is apparent within three of the studied poems, which are; Sonnet 18, Sonnet 116 and Ecclesiastes 3. Within these three poems we see acceptance of time, yet we also see that time is the enemy, and finally that time is not all-powerful, and that it does have limitations. Time is such a central aspect in the three poems, because we fear the unknown and the fact that we dont know what it will bring, hence mans (and in this case poets) desire to write about it, and express ones feelings.
The poem of Büli (1236-E4) is the world-wide most popular poem. It is also translated as the World’s Last Words, meaning:
I am a traveler that is leaving from the dead only to return and still live.
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the sun, light.
I am a traveler that is leaving from the dead only to return and still live…
(1236-E4) is the world-wide most popular poem. It is also translated as the World’s Last Words, meaning: I am a traveler that is leaving from the dead only to return and still live…I am a traveler that is leaving from the dead not that we know, but that we will know more if we use our human abilities. I know that the sun is a source of light, but not the sun itself.
I know that the sun is a source of light, but not the sun itself. I know that the world is alive and all is not dark, but that the sun is a source of light:
All-loving, All-kind, All-pure.
You are the sun, you are the world, you are all love.
The sun is shining,
beaming light upon you.
If you look at the sun, (1234-E5)
you have become (light) of light again,
you look like that one who is dying.
(1234-E5) is the world-wide most popular poem. It is also translated as “The sun and the earth are in harmony”: “The sun and the earth are in harmony. The sun and the earth are one and the same.” (1235-E5) is the earth in harmony, the sun is pure, and the sun is the sun all in harmony, the world is alive and all in harmony, the sun is a source of light and a sun is a source of light as well, (1237-E6) the sun is shining, and as you see it, you say to it (1237) and you say, “This will only be the first in a long succession of long days”. (1240-E8) The sun is shining, and as you realize it, you say to it (1241) and you say, “That will just be the beginning of a long succession of long days.” (1241) The earth is in harmony, the earth shines the sun.
Then you will learn to see the sun for what it is, for the stars that are not in the sky. Your eyes will be filled. (1244-E1) and you will not see stars that look through the sun.
So the world says to the earth (1245-E5)
(1245-E5) “Let me see the earth (1245) so that you may know it.”
Then you will go away and you will take care of it. It
Time within all three poems can be seen as having villain like qualities towards mankind or in other words time being the enemy. Time throughout the ages has been associated with death and destruction, and within these three selected poems it is no different. As seen in Sonnet 18, Shakespeare writes that time falls far to short in comparison to beauty and is far to poor an example to contrast love too. Shakespeare within his Sonnet, expresses a belief that love is constant and far more beautiful than a fleeting summers day that fades away, or that can be harsh; “And Summers lease hath all too short a date:” The bible also establishes that time is something that humanity hates, cannot comprehend, and also tries to defeat; “I have seen the burden God has laid on menHe has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done.” In Ecclesiastes 3 the author is talking about one of the burdens God has laid on man, being time – as we find in the broader context in Ecclesiastes . It also defines time as something that humanity tries so very much to ignore, but cant as it something that “He (being God) has also set eternity in the hearts of men.” Shakespeare in another of his poems (sonnet 116), states; “Loves not Times fool, though rosy lips and cheeks Within his bending sickles compass come:” From this quote we can see that he has personified time, he is also saying that love is not bound by time (Times fool ) and that it is not effected by death (Within his bending sickles compass come).
Time is not all powerful, despite it possessing immense power. This is because sovereign providence overrules the power of time. Where He (God) uses time to make things beautiful, as in Ecclesiastes 3 the author states; “He has made everything beautiful in its time.” This quote provokes allusions which are present in most circumstances in our lives, one example being autumn, and the changing colours of the leaves. Other examples where time is seen not to be all powerful is in sonnet 18 and 116 where Shakespeare expresses times limitations on love and on written text where he states in sonnet 18