A New Age
A New Age - meaning Summary
Old Powers Fade Away
The poem depicts the end of a belief era when a once-feared supernatural protector or menace quietly dies. Ordinary people sleep safely while the old monsters and spirits disappear or retreat. Only artists and a few remaining followers feel loss or melancholy. The vanished powers, now hidden, are remembered for having once punished, seduced, and driven people mad, suggesting the moral ambiguities of the old age that has passed.
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