Learn English – “For dragons are fire made flesh, and fire is power.”

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This quote is from "A Clash of Kings: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Two"
By George R.R. Martin.

This is the full quote:

"They shall come day and night to see the wonder that has been born again into the world, and when they see they shall lust. For dragons are fire made flesh, and fire is power."

Is this separating a full sentence into two? What kind of usage is this?

Was it supposed to be like this:

"They shall come day and night to see the wonder that has been born again into the world, and when they see they shall lust for dragons that are fire made flesh, and fire is power."

Additionaly:

Is there an inversion here? If yes, what kind of inversion technique is this?

Also, "fire made flesh" is a phrase made with past participle deverbal adjective. Hence, Can we say:

Dragons are fire made flesh.

or/and

Dragons have fire made flesh.

Then, we go back to the beginning again, why is "for" there? Was it supposed to be part of the previous sentence?

Are these structures only used by authors? Do you have any other examples like this?

Best Answer

For dragons are fire made flesh, and fire is power.

I think he means something close to

Because dragons are fire made flesh, and fire is power.

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