Dear teacher,
Would you be please so kind to explain to me with a few plain English words the necessity of the usage of the
prompted,
prompting in the following passage:
I know that
prompted = give an incentive for action, give an bonus, give an inducement
and
prompting = persuasion formulated as a suggestion, a cue given to a performer
Could you tell me more about these usage of the both words together with the
thought. I understand the sense, but something grates my mind.
There would be no inconsistency if we stressed the biblical resonance of the word ‘world’. Joy, love, light, etc., are not to be found ‘in the world’. They are only to be found if we are not
of the world, even though we are
in it,
here as on a darkling plain, where ignorant armies clash by night.
[7] Arnold implies that in the real world, as opposed to ‘the land of dreams’, the only
possible place in which to find joy, love, light, etc., is within and between human beings. There is some complexity in the lines, because they appear to express two propositions at once. The first denies that the desired states are to be found in the world which ‘
seems to lie before us like a land of dreams’. In other words it is an illusion to suppose that joy, love light, etc., come to us through faith and a relationship with God. The second denies that they are to be found in the world in which ignorant armies clash by night.
[8]
The direction in which the poet turns for ‘consolation’ (let
us be true/ To one another) might appear more revelatory than consolatory if we think of it as a
prompted,
prompting thought which shows
him something true.
Thank you in advance for your efforts.
V.