Pale Fire: A Magazine in 12 Projects Group Three | Page 34

Lines 1541-1543
servants grab money, Kinbote
is instructing readers to read
The latest of my knowledge
the poem. As Kinbote is griev-
ing over the death of Shade,
In
line
1541,
is readers are still “rich in sor-
changed to “knowledge,” and row,” with the wealth being
lines are the knowledge that Shade
changed from talking about imparted in Pale Fire. This
remembering Timon to re- leads to Kinbote holding the
membering Shade. This helps notecards containing Shade’s
begin to shift the focus of the poem
poem to be about grieving which is a representation of
over Shade, and about Kin- Kinbote’s admiration and re-
bote’s fondness for Shade’s in- spect for his friend, and how
tellect. much he values his wor k.
Lines 1545-1547 Line 1548
‘We have seen better days.’ O, the fierce wretchedness
In lines 1545-1547, it’s changed Line 1548 is kept the same, as
from Timon’s with the previous context, this
wealth to discussing Shade’s “glory” in this line can now be
intellect and knowledge. In- referring to the knowledge
1544
“wealth”
and
discussing
1543
stead of Flavius having the
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close
to
his
heart,