Poetry and Music

Although neither poetry nor music are allowed by the vigilant brothers becauses they are not the creation of god, the two are exactly what the community are missing. The vigilant brothers would rather the people look down at the ground then look outward and create music or poetry. "song flees into exile". (144) They are afraid that the music or poetry may repersent the truth and start a stir in their otherwise stable community. "the world now belongs to the therapists of the spirit; the city resounds with thier sermons and their rythmich steps."