1. Journal
2. "The Seafarer" translations - compare, contrast, evaluate
3. "The Ruin" - paraphrase, analyze for A-S poetry characteristics
4. Found Poetry
Journal: Choose a city you are familiar with. Title this entry with the name of the city.
1.Write a few sentences describing the city.
2.Write a few sentences describing what the city will be like in 50 years.
3.Write a few sentences describing what the city will be like in 100 years.
4.Write a few sentences describing what the city will be like in 500 years.
"The Seafarer" - 2 translations
- Read the 2 translations at your table.
- Paraphrase them
- Compare & contrast them with each other and with the version we read on Wednesday. (“Another modern version” – read through “bereft of kinsfolk”)
- Which is easier to understand? Why?
- Which best exhibits the characteristics of Anglo-Saxon poetry: Kenning? Alliteration?
"The Ruin"
The poem's subject is ancient Roman ruins, assumed to be the ruins of Aquae Sulis at modern Bath, England and the powerful fate (Weird or Wyrd) that has reduced a once lively community and its sturdy stone buildings to ruins. Part of the poem has been lost due the pages being damaged by fire.
- Read “The Ruin”
- Paraphrase as you read.
- Identify alliteration
- Identify imagery. What effect do these words have on your understanding of the setting?
- vocabulary: vermilion – brilliant scarlet red
- How does the following video add to your understanding of the poem? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcIZrlid5UE
Found Poem: See separate blog entry for instructions. Due Thursday for 4th period, Friday for 4th period.
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