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The vivid imagery evokes a haunting scene of Athens, portrayed as a desolate shipwreck after a storm, with its once-majestic pillars resembling charred tree trunks. This powerful description captures the city's abandoned beauty and the devastation that has befallen it, suggesting themes of loss and the passage of time. The comparison to a fleet in ruins emphasizes the stark contrast between past glory and present desolation, inviting reflection on the fragility of civilization.
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Hyperion, Friedrich Hölderlin
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- Released
- 2021
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- Title
- Hyperion
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Friedrich Hölderlin
- Publisher
- Lulu Press
- Publisher
- 2021
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 168
- ISBN13
- 9781300284024
- Category
- Fiction
- Description
- The vivid imagery evokes a haunting scene of Athens, portrayed as a desolate shipwreck after a storm, with its once-majestic pillars resembling charred tree trunks. This powerful description captures the city's abandoned beauty and the devastation that has befallen it, suggesting themes of loss and the passage of time. The comparison to a fleet in ruins emphasizes the stark contrast between past glory and present desolation, inviting reflection on the fragility of civilization.