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2. The Meaning of Unquiet Heaven Linguistic sign
Unquiet heaven
Sound Signifier Meaning signified
U-n-q-u-i-e-t –H-e-a-v-e-n Unquiet place where the souls
take rest for good
So, unquiet heaven can be the symbol of unquiet place where the souls
take rest
for good.
Next, Poe, through his words in line 22-23, seems to express his idea more explicitly—to some extent. He wrote as bellow:
Over the lilies there that wave And weep above a nameless grave
When Poe stressed on waving and weeping lilies, he actually was
conveying to ideas. The first is that, again, the solitude, loneliness, and sorrow. There is none in that valley, therefore wind blows and make lilies wave, as if
through that, the lilies say goodbye to those who had died in that place. The second is that death and sorrow. Most weeping means sorrow for the death of
some one—despite the other meanings—as well as graves. Graves are the terminal of human life where their bodies are usually buried. People usually are
afraid of graves. Most of them believe that graves are homes for ghosts and devil. This kind of assumption is spread worldwide and creates a special meaning of
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grave. It deals very much with death of the dead, sorrow of those who are left behind, and fear to spiritual devil.
Next, the most interesting is that the graves are unnamed, a kind of situation that symbolizes old age of the graves. Naming grave is a custom in any
kind of civilization, so that when the graves are unnamed they actually have their names wiped by time. The other meaning that occurred in the symbol of unnamed
graves is the carelessness. Everyone is dead then none of human being takes care of the graves. They are left unrest and untidy; just lilies, sky, clouds, and trees that
moves, waves and weeps. On the other hand, unnamed graves may refer to the great amount of the
unrecognized dead. When the great amounts of dead in a tragedy are buried together, they usually are recognized and their graves are unnamed. This
explanation would be more clearly understood by examining the following figure:
3. The Meaning of Nameless Grave
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