Sonnet 31 Transmuting Gods Poem by Francisco Luis Arroyave Tabares

Sonnet 31 Transmuting Gods

Diverting from Nature, and in strange deal
Uranus becomes Pluto and mad chore 2
He plays, deaf to universal choire
That for our peace tries so hard to appeal.

A worried Tellus makes her best to seal 5
Evil forces that she keeps in her core
So that life she can for ever anchor
While huge monsters their fissile dope conceal. 8

Krypton, a hush dog that hides in high cloud 9
Tells her when a menace comes to its den 10
Perhaps it might seem already too late...
But with deathless power from sky and ground 12
Green warriors align their efforts and then 13
Iris becomes Diana to fend fate. 14
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Transmuting= changing from one thing into another. 2-.Uranus chore= this alludes to the fact of uranium being converted into plutonium, in order to make a more powerful radioactive weapon. 2-.Uranus= personification of the heavens and father or son of Gaea (Earth) , in Greek Myth. 2-.Pluto= Gr. Myth., god ruling the lower world, also Hades.
5-.Tellus= Rom. Myth., the earth personified, or the same Greek Gaea. 8-.fissile dope= radioactive weapons. 9-.Krypton= gaseous chemical element that stays for 11 years in the air after the production of plutonium. 10-.bher= Tellus.12-13-.But... efforts= this is an allusion to antinuclear groups.14-.Iris= Gr. Myt., the goddess of the rainbow, she is the messenger of the gods.14-.Diana= Rom. Myth., the virgin goddess of the moon,
identified with the Greek Artemis.14-.to fend= to defend.

Sonnet 31 Transmuting Gods
Wednesday, September 20, 2023
Topic(s) of this poem: sonnet,italian sonnet,chemistry,mythology,myth,blue planet,nuclear,war and peace
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Explores the delicate balance between human intervention, nature's resilience, and the potential for collective action.
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