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Dark Fury Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary
Bow before the Eldest God, whose spark in you doth burn
It's from the riddle:
Bow before the Eldest God, whose spark in you doth burn.
Breathe his mighty breath into his lesser kin in turn.
Do so in true order, and a great reward you'll earn.
I quite don't understand the second part of the first line. Does it mean that you should bow while you have some kind of spark with/in you?
Bow before the Eldest God, whose spark in you doth burn.
Breathe his mighty breath into his lesser kin in turn.
Do so in true order, and a great reward you'll earn.
I quite don't understand the second part of the first line. Does it mean that you should bow while you have some kind of spark with/in you?
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Almost, but it does not quite mean bow while you have the spark within you. The first line is instructing you to bow before the Eldest ***, and at the same time mentioning that the spark of the Eldest *** burns within you (presumably permanently).
- Almost, but it does not quite mean bow while you have the spark within you.
- The first line is instructing you to bow before the Eldest ***, and at the same time mentioning that the spark of the Eldest *** burns within you (presumably permanently).
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Almost, but it does not quite mean bow while you have the spark within you. The first line is instructing you to bow before the Eldest ***, and at the same time mentioning that the spark of the Eldest *** burns within you (presumably permanently).
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Thank you, it's what I have in my mind. I just wondered if there was an instance of inverted word order in this line.
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Dark FuryThank you, it's what I have in my mind. I just wondered if there was an instance of inverted word order in this line.Yes, there is an inversion from the standard order "whose spark doth burn in you". This is for poetic reasons.
Also, as you may well know, "doth burn" is archaic and designed to impart a certain flavour.
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