Song by John Donne
Sweetest love, I do not go,For weariness of thee,Nor in hope the world can showA fitter love for me;But since that IMust die at last, 'tis bestTo use myself in jestThus by feign'd deaths to die.Yesternight the sun went hence,And yet is here today;He hath no desire nor sense,Nor half so short a way:Then fear not me,But believe that I shall makeSpeedier journeys, since I takeMore wings and spurs than he.O how feeble is man's power,That if good fortune fall,Cannot add another hour,Nor a lost hour recall!But come bad chance,And we join to'it our strength,And we teach it art and length,Itself o'er us to'advance.When thou sigh'st, thou sigh'st not wind,But sigh'st my soul away;When thou weep'st, unkindly kind,My life's blood doth decay.It cannot beThat thou lov'st me, as thou say'st,If in thine my life thou waste,That art the best of me.Let not thy divining heartForethink me any ill;Destiny may take thy part,And may thy fears fulfil;But think that weAre but turn'd aside to sleep;They who one another keepAlive, ne'er parted be.
Alright, so let's see my "Plog":
- In the poem "Song" by John donne, he uses a combination on various literary techniques to emphasize the idea that women are untrue. He uses the rhyme scheme "ABABCCDDD" to give the poem the satirical sense it has. The diction he uses also reflects the speaker's ambiguoug wording, which highlights the condescending tone of the whole poem.
- When Donne uses the rhyme scheme "ABABCCDDD" he does this to mock love songs by making the poem have a singy-songey flow to it. By doing this he highlights the speaker's negative beliefs regarding women. He makes the poem have a lovely flow, however, it is not stating anything lovely at all. At the beginnings of several lines, Donne uses demanding terms that make the lines sarcastic, by saying things like "Go, and catch a faling star" and "teach me to hear mermaids singing". This shows how he carries on a condescending tone, due to the fact that the speaker does not want the reader to in fact do these things, but to emphasize that just like it is impossible to do these things, it is impossible to find a truthful and faithful woman.
- Donne chooses to use diction to highlight the ambiguous nature of women, in how they might be beautiful, yet they actually are unfaithful and untruthful. When the speaker says "Or who cleft the devil's foot", cleft can mean to hurt, be in allegiance with, or split; which are completely different things that can throw the poem in different directions. He also says "And last, til you write your letter", last in this case can mean endure, or "latest". The letter referred to can also stand for a love letter or will.
- Overall, all the literary techniques mentioned contribute to the overlying condescending tone and theme that women are not to be trusted by men. The impossible demands and hyperbole of how long it will take to find a true woman, if there even were one, "Ride ten thousand days and nights, till age show white hairs on thee" all emphasize the overlying theme and purpose of the poem, which is for the speaker to persuade men that women cannot be trusted.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Thursday, January 22, 2009
My Commentary...it was mixed up in the last blog..this is the REAL ONE!!!!
The Good-Morrow
by John Donne
In "The Good-Morrow" by John Donne, he uses diction to emphasize the discovery of his true love. A combination of the diction and rhyme scheme used in this poem, both highlight his thoughts and feelings towards his true love. The dictions Donne uses also depicts the narrator's tone in regards to the past without his love, the present and the future with his love. This poem and the techniques Donne uses tell the passion and spiritual connection that the speaker has towards his love.
John Donne chooses to use diction as means of showing how his life and feelings have changed now that the speaker has found his one true love, who is all that he will ever need. In the first stanza, Donne uses words like "weaned" and "childishly" to show how before he found his love, there was no value to his relationships, he simply slept around. This shows how he values this new relationship more than anything ever, as he says, "Which I desired, and got, 'twas but a dream of thee". This identifies the differences between his past and the rest of his life now that he has found love. In the second stanza, chooses to use the words "worlds" and "one" interchangeably, to shw the spiritual closeness he and his love share. He is explaining that now he and his love have become one and can share the same world. In the third stanza, John Donne uses diction to show how passionate the love s between the speaker and his love. It is to such a level that the speaker believes that he and his love's lovewill last forever and will never die, "Love so alike that none do slacken, none can die".
In "The Good-Morrow" by John Donne, he utilizes diction as his way of emphasizing the way the speker feels towards his true love. The speaker feels that his new found love is like never before and he will never need another person in his life. He truly believes that he and his love have become one and can share their lives together forever and their spirits will love even after.
by John Donne
In "The Good-Morrow" by John Donne, he uses diction to emphasize the discovery of his true love. A combination of the diction and rhyme scheme used in this poem, both highlight his thoughts and feelings towards his true love. The dictions Donne uses also depicts the narrator's tone in regards to the past without his love, the present and the future with his love. This poem and the techniques Donne uses tell the passion and spiritual connection that the speaker has towards his love.
John Donne chooses to use diction as means of showing how his life and feelings have changed now that the speaker has found his one true love, who is all that he will ever need. In the first stanza, Donne uses words like "weaned" and "childishly" to show how before he found his love, there was no value to his relationships, he simply slept around. This shows how he values this new relationship more than anything ever, as he says, "Which I desired, and got, 'twas but a dream of thee". This identifies the differences between his past and the rest of his life now that he has found love. In the second stanza, chooses to use the words "worlds" and "one" interchangeably, to shw the spiritual closeness he and his love share. He is explaining that now he and his love have become one and can share the same world. In the third stanza, John Donne uses diction to show how passionate the love s between the speaker and his love. It is to such a level that the speaker believes that he and his love's lovewill last forever and will never die, "Love so alike that none do slacken, none can die".
In "The Good-Morrow" by John Donne, he utilizes diction as his way of emphasizing the way the speker feels towards his true love. The speaker feels that his new found love is like never before and he will never need another person in his life. He truly believes that he and his love have become one and can share their lives together forever and their spirits will love even after.
The Good-Morrow
THE GOOD-MORROW.by John Donne
I wonder by my troth, what thou and IDid, till we loved ? were we not wean'd till then ? But suck'd on country pleasures, childishly ? Or snorted we in the Seven Sleepers' den ?'Twas so ; but this, all pleasures fancies be ;If ever any beauty I did see, Which I desired, and got, 'twas but a dream of thee.And now good-morrow to our waking souls, Which watch not one another out of fear ;For love all love of other sights controls,And makes one little room an everywhere.Let sea-discoverers to new worlds have gone ;Let maps to other, worlds on worlds have shown ;Let us possess one world ; each hath one, and is one. My face in thine eye, thine in mine appears, And true plain hearts do in the faces rest ;Where can we find two better hemispheres Without sharp north, without declining west ?Whatever dies, was not mix'd equally ;If our two loves be one, or thou and I Love so alike that none can slacken, none can die.
My Commentary:
In "The Good-Morrow" by John Donne, he uses diction to emphasize the discovery of his true love. A combination of the diction and rhyme scheme used in this poem, both highlight his thoughts and feelings towards his true love. The dictions Donne uses also depicts the narrator's tone in regards to the past without his love, the present and the future with his love. This poem and the techniques Donne uses tell the passion and spiritual connection that the speaker has towards his love.
John Donne choses to use diction as means of showing how his life and feelings have changed now that the speaker has found his one true love, who is all that he will ever need. In the first stanza, Donne uses words like "weaned" and "childishly" to show how before he found his love, there was no value to his relationships, he simply slept around. This shows how he values this new relationship more than anything ever, as he says, "Which I desired, and got, 'twas but a dream of thee". This identifies the differences between his past and the rest of his life now that he has found love. In the second stanza, chooses to use the words "worlds" and "one" interchangeably, to shw the spiritual closeness he and his love share. He is explaining that now he and his love have become one and can share the same world. In the third stanza, John Donne uses diction to show how passionate the love s between the speaker and his love. It is to such a level that the speaker believes that he and his love's lovewill last forever and will never die, "Love so alike that none do slacken, none can die".
In "The Good-Morrow" by John Donne, he utilizes diction as his way of emphasizing the way the speker feels towards his true love. The speaker feels that his new found love is like never before and he will never need another person in his life. He truly believes that he and his love have become one and can share their lives together forever and their spirits will love even after.
I wonder by my troth, what thou and IDid, till we loved ? were we not wean'd till then ? But suck'd on country pleasures, childishly ? Or snorted we in the Seven Sleepers' den ?'Twas so ; but this, all pleasures fancies be ;If ever any beauty I did see, Which I desired, and got, 'twas but a dream of thee.And now good-morrow to our waking souls, Which watch not one another out of fear ;For love all love of other sights controls,And makes one little room an everywhere.Let sea-discoverers to new worlds have gone ;Let maps to other, worlds on worlds have shown ;Let us possess one world ; each hath one, and is one. My face in thine eye, thine in mine appears, And true plain hearts do in the faces rest ;Where can we find two better hemispheres Without sharp north, without declining west ?Whatever dies, was not mix'd equally ;If our two loves be one, or thou and I Love so alike that none can slacken, none can die.
My Commentary:
In "The Good-Morrow" by John Donne, he uses diction to emphasize the discovery of his true love. A combination of the diction and rhyme scheme used in this poem, both highlight his thoughts and feelings towards his true love. The dictions Donne uses also depicts the narrator's tone in regards to the past without his love, the present and the future with his love. This poem and the techniques Donne uses tell the passion and spiritual connection that the speaker has towards his love.
John Donne choses to use diction as means of showing how his life and feelings have changed now that the speaker has found his one true love, who is all that he will ever need. In the first stanza, Donne uses words like "weaned" and "childishly" to show how before he found his love, there was no value to his relationships, he simply slept around. This shows how he values this new relationship more than anything ever, as he says, "Which I desired, and got, 'twas but a dream of thee". This identifies the differences between his past and the rest of his life now that he has found love. In the second stanza, chooses to use the words "worlds" and "one" interchangeably, to shw the spiritual closeness he and his love share. He is explaining that now he and his love have become one and can share the same world. In the third stanza, John Donne uses diction to show how passionate the love s between the speaker and his love. It is to such a level that the speaker believes that he and his love's lovewill last forever and will never die, "Love so alike that none do slacken, none can die".
In "The Good-Morrow" by John Donne, he utilizes diction as his way of emphasizing the way the speker feels towards his true love. The speaker feels that his new found love is like never before and he will never need another person in his life. He truly believes that he and his love have become one and can share their lives together forever and their spirits will love even after.
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Act of Resistance 101
Okay, so did my first act of resistance ever on Wednesday, for our assignment. I chose to hand out clips of Various issues that I wrote about, that exist in our society today. I want to raise awareness to them and just show my classmates that although some issues may seem like “Oh, that wouldn’t happen to anyone I know …” or “That stuff doesn’t go on all the time ... only when the news mentions it”, these issues are real and happen to people everyday. I chose to write about : suicide, drunk driving, gay marriage, our environment, and hate crimes.
Personally, coming up with the act was more influential to me than actually doing it, just because of the fact that while I researched the statistics regarding these issues, I myself was in a sense (for lack of better terms) “dumb-founded” . I simply could not believe how much these issues impact the lives of people everyday and every year. The issues that impacted me the most were drunk driving and suicide. I cannot believe that half of the accidents that occur in Wisconsin can be avoided if only people used their common sense and chose the right decision to not only keep their lives from danger, but the lives of others also.
Suicide impacted me greatly because of the fact that suicides are the second leading cause of teen deaths, following vehicular homicide. Not only that, but I AM a teen and it is hard for me to picture that anyone I encounter throughout my day both at school and outside of school could even consider suicide. Another reason why Suicide hit me the hardest is because when I handed one to Ms. Daroszeski (you) she told me about when she can across a story about a seventeen year old young man who decided he was going to commit suicide live on the internet. He was in a live chat rooms with cruel human beings (if you want to consider them human after what they were doing) who were egging him on, to commit suicide right before their eyes. He chose to overdose on medication and there were a few lovely souls who seen the cruelty and wanted to reach the people who ran the sight so that they could find him hopefully in time to hospitalize him. Turned out they found him twelve hours later dead, and the camera was still running when the police arrived. I cannot believe that someone would first of all, do this, and second of all, WATCH. Not only that, but those people were egging him on. This is just evidence to why our world is becoming worse and worse in a sense that people do not have respect for themselves, others, of the environment which sustains their lives. In my eyes, it really is just pitiful.
While I was doing my act of resistance, I really was happy when people took the time to read my clips and they actually were “dumb-founded” just like me. I feel that they were ashamed at how ignorant people can be these days. One experience that I was somewhat upset with was that when I gave a clip to a fellow classmate, they chose to set it aside and not even give it a look, my reaction was to take the clip and give it to someone who would actually take the time to read it and I did. This was just evidence to me, why these issues occur. People choose to be ignorant to the issues that occur in society and that is why these things keep going on. If people took that time to be more aware, we would not have these problems. I do not mean to “bust anyone out”, because I respect everyone, I just thought I might share this because I wass totally appalled by this behavior.
If I were to do anything differently, I think I should have handed out more clips and handed them out in the hallways rather than just in my classes, because I feel like seniors are usually more mature and aware of issues and the underclassmen should be filed in on the issues too, so that they could carry on the awareness to Rufus King’s future students.
Well, as far as if my act has any affect on the future, I am not sure, but I know that f someone in my classes is encountering these issues they will think twice about their actions because they can be the ones to save someone’s life, even their own. In the future, I hope that I can be part of a huge movement to tackle these issues in society, and I will always try to stay aware of the issues and be updated to see if the world as we know it is improving.
If you were interested in my clips, here they are:
OUR ENVIRONMENT…
Our world as we know it, does not have a never ending supply of natural resources and many of us sometimes forget this. We leave the water running as we brush our teeth, we forget to recycle, and leave lights on as we leave rooms…there are so many things we forget to due, but they all hurt our environment.
IF YOU WANT YOUR GRANDCHILDREN AND THEIR GRANDCHILDREN TO ENJOY THE WORLD LIKE WE DO TODAY, HELP CONSERVE AND RECYCLE AS MUCH AS YOU CAN!
HATE CRIMES…
The number of hate crimes occurring in Wisconsin has over doubled in the last decade. Hate Crimes are those committed against another person due to them being “different”. The most common hate crimes are those against, those of another religion or sexual preference. About 46% of hate crimes are never even reported. If we live in a nation where people are suppose to be embraced by diversity…why are these things happening?
HATE CRIMES ARE NEVER ACCEPTABLE…NO CRIMES ARE ACCEPTABLE. THINK TWICE BEFORE JUDGING SOMEONE ELSE!
DRUNK DRIVING…
In 2006, there were approximately 772 vehicle accidents in Wisconsin alone. 352 of those vehicle accidents were due to a driver being under the influence of alcohol. That means that approximately 46% of accidents were caused by drunk drivers. You can only imagine how the numbers have gone up since then.
HELP TO PREVENT ALCOHOL-RELATED ACCIDENTS, MAKE SURE YOU FAMILY RETURNS HOME SAFE AFTER THE HOLIDAYS…DON’T LET THEM DRIVE DRUNK!
GAY MARRIAGE…
Imagine if you could not marry someone you loved, because you weren’t granted the right. You would have built your lives together, to not be granted the right to legally be binded. If one of you grew old and were to die…the other would be left with nothing, not matter even if the deceased partner was the provider in the relationship. The partner left would be left to fend for themselves.
YOUR SEXUALITY SHOULD NOT AFFECT THE RIGHTS GRANTED TO YOU BY LAW. HELP SO THAT NO ONE WILL BE LEFT ALONE!
SUICIDE…
Did you know that suicide is the Second leading cause of deaths in people ages 15-17, just after the number one cause: vehicular homicide. Males tend to commit suicide by a significantly greater margin than females. There are about 2,000 hospitalizations each year for suicide attempts within this age group.
SUICIDE IS A REAL PROBLEM AMONGST TEENS. LOVE THY NEIGHBOR AND MAKE SURE EVERYONE KNOWS THAT THEIR LIFE IS WORTH LIVING!
Personally, coming up with the act was more influential to me than actually doing it, just because of the fact that while I researched the statistics regarding these issues, I myself was in a sense (for lack of better terms) “dumb-founded” . I simply could not believe how much these issues impact the lives of people everyday and every year. The issues that impacted me the most were drunk driving and suicide. I cannot believe that half of the accidents that occur in Wisconsin can be avoided if only people used their common sense and chose the right decision to not only keep their lives from danger, but the lives of others also.
Suicide impacted me greatly because of the fact that suicides are the second leading cause of teen deaths, following vehicular homicide. Not only that, but I AM a teen and it is hard for me to picture that anyone I encounter throughout my day both at school and outside of school could even consider suicide. Another reason why Suicide hit me the hardest is because when I handed one to Ms. Daroszeski (you) she told me about when she can across a story about a seventeen year old young man who decided he was going to commit suicide live on the internet. He was in a live chat rooms with cruel human beings (if you want to consider them human after what they were doing) who were egging him on, to commit suicide right before their eyes. He chose to overdose on medication and there were a few lovely souls who seen the cruelty and wanted to reach the people who ran the sight so that they could find him hopefully in time to hospitalize him. Turned out they found him twelve hours later dead, and the camera was still running when the police arrived. I cannot believe that someone would first of all, do this, and second of all, WATCH. Not only that, but those people were egging him on. This is just evidence to why our world is becoming worse and worse in a sense that people do not have respect for themselves, others, of the environment which sustains their lives. In my eyes, it really is just pitiful.
While I was doing my act of resistance, I really was happy when people took the time to read my clips and they actually were “dumb-founded” just like me. I feel that they were ashamed at how ignorant people can be these days. One experience that I was somewhat upset with was that when I gave a clip to a fellow classmate, they chose to set it aside and not even give it a look, my reaction was to take the clip and give it to someone who would actually take the time to read it and I did. This was just evidence to me, why these issues occur. People choose to be ignorant to the issues that occur in society and that is why these things keep going on. If people took that time to be more aware, we would not have these problems. I do not mean to “bust anyone out”, because I respect everyone, I just thought I might share this because I wass totally appalled by this behavior.
If I were to do anything differently, I think I should have handed out more clips and handed them out in the hallways rather than just in my classes, because I feel like seniors are usually more mature and aware of issues and the underclassmen should be filed in on the issues too, so that they could carry on the awareness to Rufus King’s future students.
Well, as far as if my act has any affect on the future, I am not sure, but I know that f someone in my classes is encountering these issues they will think twice about their actions because they can be the ones to save someone’s life, even their own. In the future, I hope that I can be part of a huge movement to tackle these issues in society, and I will always try to stay aware of the issues and be updated to see if the world as we know it is improving.
If you were interested in my clips, here they are:
OUR ENVIRONMENT…
Our world as we know it, does not have a never ending supply of natural resources and many of us sometimes forget this. We leave the water running as we brush our teeth, we forget to recycle, and leave lights on as we leave rooms…there are so many things we forget to due, but they all hurt our environment.
IF YOU WANT YOUR GRANDCHILDREN AND THEIR GRANDCHILDREN TO ENJOY THE WORLD LIKE WE DO TODAY, HELP CONSERVE AND RECYCLE AS MUCH AS YOU CAN!
HATE CRIMES…
The number of hate crimes occurring in Wisconsin has over doubled in the last decade. Hate Crimes are those committed against another person due to them being “different”. The most common hate crimes are those against, those of another religion or sexual preference. About 46% of hate crimes are never even reported. If we live in a nation where people are suppose to be embraced by diversity…why are these things happening?
HATE CRIMES ARE NEVER ACCEPTABLE…NO CRIMES ARE ACCEPTABLE. THINK TWICE BEFORE JUDGING SOMEONE ELSE!
DRUNK DRIVING…
In 2006, there were approximately 772 vehicle accidents in Wisconsin alone. 352 of those vehicle accidents were due to a driver being under the influence of alcohol. That means that approximately 46% of accidents were caused by drunk drivers. You can only imagine how the numbers have gone up since then.
HELP TO PREVENT ALCOHOL-RELATED ACCIDENTS, MAKE SURE YOU FAMILY RETURNS HOME SAFE AFTER THE HOLIDAYS…DON’T LET THEM DRIVE DRUNK!
GAY MARRIAGE…
Imagine if you could not marry someone you loved, because you weren’t granted the right. You would have built your lives together, to not be granted the right to legally be binded. If one of you grew old and were to die…the other would be left with nothing, not matter even if the deceased partner was the provider in the relationship. The partner left would be left to fend for themselves.
YOUR SEXUALITY SHOULD NOT AFFECT THE RIGHTS GRANTED TO YOU BY LAW. HELP SO THAT NO ONE WILL BE LEFT ALONE!
SUICIDE…
Did you know that suicide is the Second leading cause of deaths in people ages 15-17, just after the number one cause: vehicular homicide. Males tend to commit suicide by a significantly greater margin than females. There are about 2,000 hospitalizations each year for suicide attempts within this age group.
SUICIDE IS A REAL PROBLEM AMONGST TEENS. LOVE THY NEIGHBOR AND MAKE SURE EVERYONE KNOWS THAT THEIR LIFE IS WORTH LIVING!
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Our visit from UWM Professors
I thought that our visit from the UWM Professors was insiteful. I admit, I am terrified about how I will do in college, but I do have hope and their visit gave me a little more hope.
I am relieved that they said that basically, the only way you can fail, is if you do not TRY and put forth effort and I am a person who I feel, definitely puts forth effort and sometimes I just dont get concept and it is definitely not that I'm not trying, it is just that I am struggling. I know that not putting forth enough effort will not be a problem for me, so I am pretty confudent that I wont ever fail :) That's definitely a good thing. I am so happy with our discussion, because I feel like I am definitely ready for college. I believe that my participation in IB Theatre 1 and the PEOPLE Program definitely give me an advantage as far as being prepared for college, because I can definitely openly discuss and analyze things without the intervention of a teacher, because in both, i got experienece with it. I have to say...I have hope :)
I am relieved that they said that basically, the only way you can fail, is if you do not TRY and put forth effort and I am a person who I feel, definitely puts forth effort and sometimes I just dont get concept and it is definitely not that I'm not trying, it is just that I am struggling. I know that not putting forth enough effort will not be a problem for me, so I am pretty confudent that I wont ever fail :) That's definitely a good thing. I am so happy with our discussion, because I feel like I am definitely ready for college. I believe that my participation in IB Theatre 1 and the PEOPLE Program definitely give me an advantage as far as being prepared for college, because I can definitely openly discuss and analyze things without the intervention of a teacher, because in both, i got experienece with it. I have to say...I have hope :)
The Boycott and Lysistrata
The Boycott was a great performance and although it was not exactly like Lysistrata, it definitely displayed many of the same themes and concepts. It was what it was suppose to be, a modern-day version of Lysistrata. It applied an issue that we have today, which is global warming as opposed to stopping a war, although the concept of stopping a war could definitely have been applied to a modern-day lysistrata because of the fact that we in the united states are in a war right now. There are two things that I found very different and unique about The Boycott compared to Lysistrata.
In The Boycott, Lisa Stratton (playing the part of Lysistrata) had a little frog friend that motivated her her keep on with the boycott she was holding, while Lysistrat had no one to motivate her, except herself. Lysistrata herself, was the motivater for everyone. Also, Lisa Stratton elded up being the one who broke the Boycott oath she created. She ended up having sex with her husband, however, things still ended up being improved. I believe that Lisa Stratton should not be portrayed as necessarily weaker than Lysistrata for not abstaining. I would consider her more realistic somewhat, not to say that women are weaker necessarily than in the past, however, in her situation, Lisa Stratton did what she could and did not make as much of a fool out of herself as one would think.
In The Boycott, Lisa Stratton (playing the part of Lysistrata) had a little frog friend that motivated her her keep on with the boycott she was holding, while Lysistrat had no one to motivate her, except herself. Lysistrata herself, was the motivater for everyone. Also, Lisa Stratton elded up being the one who broke the Boycott oath she created. She ended up having sex with her husband, however, things still ended up being improved. I believe that Lisa Stratton should not be portrayed as necessarily weaker than Lysistrata for not abstaining. I would consider her more realistic somewhat, not to say that women are weaker necessarily than in the past, however, in her situation, Lisa Stratton did what she could and did not make as much of a fool out of herself as one would think.
Abstinence brings about Peace
This is definitely portrayed throughout the whole play/plot. The abstinence of the women brought peace to Greece/Athens, between the poeple of Sparta and Athens. This can relate to present day issues/topics, because refraining from certain things can avoid troubles and issues. An example of this is alcohol, by refraining from using alcohol, you can stop issues that exist today like drunk driving. Another example that also can result in a better outcome, is refraining from using drugs, because it causes violence amongst people, and not to mention, it is illegal. Abstinence from many things can bring about piece. Anything from abstinence from using bad language, fighting/war (obviously, like in the story), stealing, gang activity, drugs, alcohol, and etc.
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