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One of the more evident phrases/verses clearly shows how the amalgamation of the two can be formed; the chorus recites, "the stormy gray area," in the ode, the word "gray" is used in a metaphorical manner. Meaning something is not all white and not all black, but gray, a mixture of truth and deceit or fate and free-will; not one or the other, but a little bit of the two. This idea is more coherent than to just believe in one of the beliefs, which leaves parts of life unexplainable. It "yields to his prows," means that he/(man) can go through anything when he is strong enough. I t says free-will wins when it is strong enough, and it is human greatness that decides what one’s fate is, not the Gods or any other foreign force but the person, the soul within you that tells you what, when, and how to do it is you do. The "earth ... is graven;...the pl
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"The light boned birds and beasts that cling to cover, the lithe fish lighting their reaches of dim water, all are taken, tamed in the net of his mind;" Fate is good here.
Most of the time we have choices, but not always the ones we want. Gravity is the force that eventually brings the person down back to reality and fate. There is a significant amount of evidence in the chorus to suggest and prove that fate is what determines our existence and importance of existence. "And his the skill that deflects the arrows of snow, the spears of winter rain: from every wind he has made himself secure-- from all but one; in he late wind of death he cannot stand" gives an example for why if something doesn't kill you it makes you stronger but in the long run, it will kill you sometime. ows with shining furrows where his plows have gone year after year" metaphorically means that we all end up the same, dead, buried in a grave by humans, it is our fate and not free-will. Another example could be Drug use; if you keep using the drug, it might make you a little less affected by it each time but if you keep taking it you will parish sooner or later, Fate will catch up with you; Fate is evil. It is good because now the man has food to eat.
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