Memory

Question 1

After i had seen// that spectacle,

Answer 1

After i had seen// that spectacle, for many days my brain // worked with a dim and undetermined sense // of unknown modes of being

the subconscious is shaped by the subjects history. turns memory into poetry.

Question 2

there are in our existence

Answer 2

there are in our existence spots of time // which with distinct pre-eminence retain // a vivifying virtue… our minds // are nourished and invisibly repaired - // a virtue by which pleasure is enhanced.

Question 3

It was in truth

Answer 3

it was in truth // an ordinary sight, but i should need // colours and words that are unknown to man // to paint that visionary dreariness // which, … did at that time invest the naked pool.

Question 4

the days gone by

Answer 4

the days gone by // come back upon me from the dawn almost // of life; the hiding-places of my power // seem open

Question 5

the event, with all

Answer 5

the event, // with all the sorrow which it brought, appeared // a chastisement … I bowed low // to God who this corrected my desires.”

augustine confessions. in his “restlessness” of youth, asks got to “cleanse me from my secret faults”.