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Spirituality vs. Worldly Pleasure

The document discusses a dialogue between self and soul through the poem "A Dialogue of Self and Soul" by W.B. Yeats. It uses analogies to represent the soul as an ancient blade that remains unchanged over time, while the body is like a torn cloth that covers the blade and can deteriorate. The dialogue contrasts spirituality with worldly pleasures, and emphasizes forgiving oneself for past mistakes and accepting life's cycles as a way to achieve blessing.

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Spirituality vs. Worldly Pleasure

The document discusses a dialogue between self and soul through the poem "A Dialogue of Self and Soul" by W.B. Yeats. It uses analogies to represent the soul as an ancient blade that remains unchanged over time, while the body is like a torn cloth that covers the blade and can deteriorate. The dialogue contrasts spirituality with worldly pleasures, and emphasizes forgiving oneself for past mistakes and accepting life's cycles as a way to achieve blessing.

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A Dialogue of Self and Soul

by W.B Yeats

The main theme is the contrast between spirituality and the worldly pleasure.
  Is Sato's ancient blade, still as it was,
   Still razor-keen, still like a looking-glass
   Unspotted by the centuries;
That flowering, silken, old embroidery, torn
   From some court-lady's dress and round
   The wooden scabbard bound and wound,
   Can, tattered, still protect, faded adorn.

-analogy with the soul being eternal and body which can undergo changes. The soul
is represented through the image of the blade and the cloth that covers the blade is the
representation of the body.

I am content to follow to its source


Every event in action or in thought;
Measure the lot; forgive myself the lot!
-The second part is focused entirely on the Self. No matter the mistakes we made, if we forgive
ourselves, we can become “blest”.
Life repeats itself, follows a cycle, everything happens again but in different shapes. The term
”dialogue” stands for a type of agreement between the two instances: the self and the soul.

Works Cited
A Dialogue of Self and Soul

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