Byzantium Quotations
Quotes:
Explanation: This line shows the transition from the chaos and confusion of daytime to the calm of nighttime, symbolizing the shift from the physical world to a spiritual one."The unpurged images of day recede;" (Part - 1)
Explanation: The starlit dome (heaven or a higher realm) rejects human problems and chaos, emphasizing how the spiritual world is free from human flaws and suffering."A starlit or a moonlit dome disdains
All that man is,
All mere complexities,
The fury and the mire of human veins." (Part - 1)
Explanation: The speaker acknowledges a higher, eternal state of being that transcends life and death, where human concerns no longer matter."I hail the superhuman;
I call it death-in-life and life-in-death." (Part - 2)
Explanation: The bird represents an immortal, artistic creation—something perfect and timeless, beyond ordinary life."Miracle, bird or golden handiwork,
More miracle than bird or handiwork," (Part - 3)
Explanation: The golden smithies refer to the divine, eternal forces shaping immortal things, contrasting with the imperfection of the human world."The golden smithies of the Emperor!" (Part - 5)