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Rubenadriaan Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Placement of "Of" in this line

in Hymn to Intellectual Beauty by Shelley, there's this:

Spirit of BEAUTY, that dost consecrate
With thine own hues all thou dost shine upon
Of human thought or form,-where art thou gone?

I don't understand the third line, especially the word "Of" here..

Also, does "hues" mean gradations or color?

Kind regards and thanks
  

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The way I read it, "of human thought or form" modifies "all", so it's talking about all objects of human thought or all things of human form. "hues" means colours (here used figuratively).

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  • The way I read it, "of human thought or form" modifies "all", so it's talking about all objects of human thought or all things of human form.
  • "hues" means colours (here used figuratively).
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The way I read it, "of human thought or form" modifies "all", so it's talking about all objects of human thought or all things of human form.

"hues" means colours (here used figuratively).
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Thank you!

And does "With thine own hues" mean that it's autonomous and not to grasp by the mind's eye of human?
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RubenadriaanAnd does "With thine own hues" mean that it's autonomous and not to grasp by the mind's eye of human?
It's just saying that the spirit of beauty shines with its own hues (colours). The exact visualisation of this is within the reader's imagination, but I don't personally see any implication that humans cannot perceive the effect, if that's what you
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