Midnight Gates

Gates of Midnight has 7 ratings and 2 reviews. Stanley said: Issue 3 was an interesting change in the comic. It went from being more about the characters.
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Gates of Midnight (Issue 3) by D. Lynn Smith

Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Preview — Gates of Midnight by D. Gates of Midnight Issue 3 by D. Lynn Smith writer creator ,. Barbara Hambly Goodreads Author contributor. Gates of Midnight Issue 3 4. Paperback , 32 pages. Death is a subject that is often covered by poets. This is probably because of its mysterious nature.

Nobody really knows what happens when you die and so it is really left to the poets imagination, some poets such as Emily Dickinson choose to look a death in quite a bleak way, however in The Gates of Midnight, Meireles really paints a beautiful image of what passing away might feel like whist being realistic about the fact that when you die you leave the mortal world behind.

However she approaches the subject without being at all morbid. The Gates of Midnight is written in free verse there are eight stanzas of varying length with the longest stanza being five lines, this is the fourth stanza. There is no rhyming pattern. The tone of the poem could be construed as melancholy as it is ostensibly about death, but in actuality it more a celebration of life and extols the virtues of passing away.

Describing it as a sweet and beautiful experience. In the first line of the poem, which can be read in full here , the poet mentions angels which straight away drops a big hint as to the poems content.

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Opening the gates is a thinly veiled bible reference as it is said in the bible that when you come to die that there are gates into heaven, traditionally these gates ere guarded by St. It is interesting that the time midnight is used. Though this is a very short stanza there are a couple of striking things about it which are both notable firstly, the gates are described as being wheeled open.

This imagery evokes an image of a more contemporary gate then the ones traditionally associated with the gates of heaven. This stanza describes the angels arriving. Their description gives them a very majestic feel.

They are certainly made to feel very grandiose. The reference to their incomprehensible tongue is an interesting one.


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In the bible not all he choirs of angels could speak to humans, not unlike god himself. JPS Tanakh And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and laid hold of the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and plucked them up, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of the mountain that is before Hebron. New American Standard Now Samson lay until midnight, and at midnight he arose and took hold of the doors of the city gate and the two posts and pulled them up along with the bars; then he put them on his shoulders and carried them up to the top of the mountain which is opposite Hebron.

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Jubilee Bible And Samson slept until midnight and arose at midnight and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders and carried them up to the top of the mountain that is before Hebron. King James Bible And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of a hill that is before Hebron. American King James Version And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and all, and put them on his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of an hill that is before Hebron.

American Standard Version And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and laid hold of the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and plucked them up, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of the mountain that is before Hebron.

Douay-Rheims Bible But Samson slept till midnight, and then rising he took both the doors of the gate, with the posts thereof, and the bolt, and laying them on his shoulders, carried them up to the top of the hill, which looketh towards Hebron. Darby Bible Translation And Samson lay till midnight; and he arose at midnight, and seized the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and tore them up with the bar, and put [them] upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of the mountain that is before Hebron. English Revised Version And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and laid hold of the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and plucked them up, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of the mountain that is before Hebron.

Webster's Bible Translation And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of a hill that is before Hebron.

World English Bible Samson lay until midnight, and arose at midnight, and laid hold of the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and plucked them up, bar and all, and put them on his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of the mountain that is before Hebron.

Young's Literal Translation And Samson lieth down till the middle of the night, and riseth in the middle of the night, and layeth hold on the doors of the gate of the city, and on the two side posts, and removeth them with the bar, and putteth on his shoulders, and taketh them up unto the top of the hill, which is on the front of Hebron. They were quiet throughout the night, saying, "Let us wait until dawn; then we will kill him.

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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers. Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible. Study Bible Samson Escapes Gaza … 2 When the Gazites heard that Samson was there, they surrounded that place and lay in wait for him all night at the city gate.