Notes and ExplanationsEdit
The poem is written in the style of two Shakespearean Sonnets, with alternating rhyming couplets through the main body of the poem, with a regular rhyming couplet at the end. The first section, however, differs slightly from this pattern.
Here I will explain all of the slightly more ambiguous points made in my poem.
- Wishing you like to be rich in false hope, - This basically means the Tribunal is locked away in their own world, cut off from the problems of their people; so essentially, they are "rich" in ignorance.
- For your sweet love remembers such wealth brings, - The synopsis of this line is that for every loving act, the three gods of the Tribunal remember their wealth of power and control, blinding them from their goals.
- Upon your side, against themselves the mortals will fight, - This line means the power of the Tribunal's will is so great, that by their seduction have they sent the whole of Morrowind into turmoil.
- Upon your part I set down a story - This refers to the biased, restricted and fascist books that the gods have written of them.
- Such is my forced adore... - The last two lines mean that the power of the gods is so meaninglessly strong in the eyes of the Inquisitors and Ordinators that they will persecute those with conflicting beliefs (such as the Dissident Priests) and force re-habilitation (In the Ministry of Truth).