Question

mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, the blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere the ceremony of innocence is drowned; the best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity. do these lines have any contemporary relevance?

Answer 1

These lines give the overall feel of horror and the lines mean that there is a situation of violence and terror, with the obvious use of words such as Anarchy, blood dimmed tide and innocence drowned.

It gives a feel of flowing water and it is like a reference to noahs arch with words such as tide loose and drowned.