BROTHERHOOD - Annotations of the poem
1.
I am a man:
I am a mere human being (with limited capabilities, compared to all the other
mighty phenomena of the universe).
2.
Little do I last:
I do not last for long. (My individual existence is a short one).
3.
And the night is enormous:
Contrastingly, the short span of “my” life cannot grasp the enormity of
existence. Here “night” may be “the unknown” to the poet; it also might signify
the abysmal “darkness” that encompasses the universe.
4.
But I look up:
But, I do possess this manly prowess to shed the inhibitions of my being a
little phenomenon, and the sheer quest of my soul leads me look up beyond that
territory (both physical and psychological) where man is supposed to confine
himself.
5.
The stars write:
The celestial bodies compose – the world and its scheme of workings. (As I
muster courage and “look up”, I find how the design of the universe is being
written (thus directed) by grand forces of nature.
6.
Unknowing I understand:
I get this realization intuitively. (This realization is an awakening natural
to an inquisitive mind / In other words, the man is capable of getting this
knowhow, of his own volition).
7.
I too am written:
Like all other existential phenomena, however be their might and significance
into the system of the universe, I am created, as if, to play a function or
role. (I am not unwanted; rather, I serve a purpose).
8.
And at this very moment someone
spells me out: And when I am writing this poem, someone
evolves me from my mere self to a dignified one. (The act of writing is like
that of the stars; thus, the stars are the creators, the Fate of the existence.
Similarly, the poet is the creator, the Fate of his poem. By the time “someone”
reads his poem and understands, the writer no longer remains a mere composer of
a poem, rather, he exists as a designer of the world the reader inherits by
reading the poem.)
“At this very moment” may mean “When the poem is
being written / when the poet looks up and realizes the significance of his
existence”. “Someone” may be the “reader” or the “creator” of the universe. “Spells
me out” – “makes me prominent / endows me with an importance previously unknown
to me.”
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