Reading Schedule English 2301 Unit 1: Old English Literature Week 1 (August 26th) Class 1: Introductions and Syllabus Class 2: Selections from Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Blackboard). “Introduction” to Old English Literature pp. 1-7‚ 19-21. “The Dream of the Rood” pp.24-26 Week 2 (September 2) Class 1: Beowulf pp. 26-41 (MW class: stay on schedule. We will discuss both readings Wed.) Class 2: Beowulf pp. 41-58 Week 3 (September 9) Class 1: Beowulf pp. 58-77 Class 2:
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Notes for reading : Deface your books. Have fun writing in them. Indulge yourself as you never could with your grade school books. The purpose of making marks in a text is to call out important concepts or information that you will need to review later. Be aware‚ though‚ that underlining a text with a pen can make underlined sections—the important parts—harder to read. As an alternative‚ many students underline in pencil or use colored highlighters to flag key words and sentences. Using a highlighter
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One: An Analysis of Sonnets 64 and 73 William Shakespeare is one of the greatest playwrights of all time. It is also important‚ however‚ to remember and to study his sonnets. The sonnets are separated into two groups‚ 1-126 and 127-54. All of them are love poems of some sort‚ whether addressed to a young man or the infamous "Dark Lady." It is important to compare and analyze the sonnets‚ and to see the similarities between them. The purpose of this essay is to compare sonnets 64 and 73‚ and show
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broadened my thinking. Convinced nothing could beat the smooth words of Hamlet I pursued reading different genres of his writing. I was wrong. I found sonnets to be beautifully written and once again I became enthralled in his writing. With the wide variety of authors from Michael Drayton to John Donne‚ I was sure that they couldn’t be accurate and relevant in today’s society. Specifically Sonnet 130 and Sonnet 61 proved me wrong‚ again
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Sonnets from the Portuguese Sonnet 1: The focus of the first sonnet is the poet’s hopelessness; she talks about the unhappiness of the both past and present and was willing to submit to death until she was conquered by love. The tone of the first sonnet is one of melancholy and depression. Sonnet 13: The focus of this sonnet is on the poet’s inability to express her feelings for her lover‚ by using the metaphor of a torch in rough winds. She describes how she cannot risk herself in expressing
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AP English Language and Composition Reading List GENERAL NONFICTION Ambrose‚ Stephen. Undaunted Courage. Follows the Lewis and Clark expedition from Thomas Jefferson‘s hope of finding a waterway to the Pacific‚ through the heart- stopping moments of the actual trip‚ to Lewis‘s lonely demise on the Natchez Trace. For readers who love detailed history. Barry‚ John M. The Great Influenza. A detailed description of the scourge of the "Spanish flu" of 1918 with interesting elements of the practice
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I give you all my love‚ even though I lack any self love. Sonnet 88 presents to us a warped view of love. A love that lacks maturity and self respect. Love that dwells in the dark recesses of a skewed mind. Shakespeare’s sonnet 88 uses rhyme‚ grammar‚ diction‚ meter‚ figurative language‚ and tone to suggest that to actually love someone you have to love yourself first. In the beginning of “Sonnet 88”‚ the poet opens with the statement saying whenever you feel disposed to put me down and make me
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DONNE ’S HOLY SONNET XIV Batter my heart‚ three person ’d God; for‚ you As yet but knocke‚ breathe‚ shine‚ and seeke to mend; That I may rise‚ and stand‚ o ’erthrow me‚ ’and bend Your force‚ to breake‚ blowe‚ burn and make me new. I‚ like an usurpt towne‚ t ’another due‚ Labor to ’admit you‚ but Oh‚ to no end‚ Reason your viceroy in me‚ me should defend‚ But is captiv ’d‚ and proves weake or untrue‚ Yet dearely ’I love you‚ and would be lov ’d faine‚ But am betroth ’d unto your enemy
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In Sonnet 129 by William Shakespeare‚ the speaker emphasizes his regret and hatred to performing in shameful sexual acts because of lust. William Shakespeare highlights through his use of figurative language and choppy punctuation‚ to expose the awful consequences of succumbing to sexual temptations and the dreadful scarring result it has on man. Lust is to have a very strong sexual desire for someone and is seen as a sin. Oddly‚ Shakespeare starts his sonnet but using the technique of conceit
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Manpreet Singh Mrs. Dumbleton ADV ELA 11 11/9/14 Sonnet 18 Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18 is one of his most popular sonnet ever to be written. Shakespeare ’s Sonnet 18 at first glance looks to be a love poem but is actually about the speaker glorifying himself. How does the speaker try to immortalize his love through poetry? The speaker states how beautifully unceasing his love is by comparing the love to a summer day. Then the speaker goes on to state how his loves beauty is everlasting unlike the summer
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