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i^¡ou-Id- be tnor.e ju.s-uified and to Lìie poin'ü. ,ii'thin the
bounds of ,che poem itself , and qr-.ibe aÌ:art froln the
Later developmenb of the poet as seen in his t'¡orksr
ihere is a- strong consciousness oi' a. grovring ilrocess
r,uhich nia¡ures from canto to canto" The first lines
grope cluietly ivith a brittle unceriain o,uality to end
Tive can|os laier r.çi1"h a firnt assurance and pronouncement
i,rrl'rlch affirms the fruitful sense of experienee. The
d.isparate shadows of rejection, negation, and derrial in
i'¡hich t,he historical figure abounds a-re dispersecl 'oy i;he
;ooeLls or'¡n a.s'¡irations into bhe light of resolved- repose.
'i'his is the spirii, 'i:ehincl ihe f orm, the tru1,h
behincl ihe facõ, tr'hich is all-too riPa.racelsianll 'bo be
overlookect. The evaluation of the theme as ha-nd.led- by
i3rol'nring äru-st proceed in terms of spirit, noi in ierns
oí historicity" 1o this end. the study shall be directed'
iriyth and syiribol¡ ås has been argued. earli-er, are
nonrnl ernentâr-v elements in the theme of Paracelslrs, a-nd
this being so, it is not surprising to finct their re-
cu-rrence in llrov,ining. A noter¡ror"ihy and characberistic
feature is the poetls ;oersonal Á,qseineldersetzung luithin
these terrns" The saroe images - fire, stars, Llght,
CLarlcness appear in his r,uork¡ yet r,irey all point to an
interoretarion rvirich ernphasizes, rather ihan deiracfs
I f-¡nm r vrr¡, the v¡¡v rricrollr of ihe tl:eme. 'l'he longings of a
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