https://padlet.com/avu11/2scjap93cxqy Anthony, Vipul, Aidan en-us 2018-08-29 19:08:56 UTC 2018-08-30 19:26:52 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Lovecookie.png avu11 https://padlet.com/avu11/2scjap93cxqy/wish/276382164
I thought, as I wiped my eyes on the corner of my apron:
Penelope did this too.
And more than once: you can't keep weaving all day
And undoing it all through the night;
Your arms get tired, and the back of your neck gets tight;
And along towards morning, when you think it will never be light,
And your husband has been gone, and you don't know where, for years.
Suddenly you burst into tears;
There is simply nothing else to do.

And I thought, as I wiped my eyes on the corner of my apron:
This is an ancient gesture, authentic, antique,
In the very best tradition, classic, Greek;
Ulysses did this too.
But only as a gesture,—a gesture which implied
To the assembled throng that he was much too moved to speak.
He learned it from Penelope…
Penelope, who really cried.]]> 2018-08-29 19:13:55 UTC https://padlet.com/avu11/2scjap93cxqy/wish/276382164 avu11 https://padlet.com/avu11/2scjap93cxqy/wish/276384692 Millay's poem is suggesting that, no matter the age, time, or era, people still use the same gestures to express themselves. Millay states " And I thought, as I wiped my eyes on the corner of my apron:
This is an ancient gesture, authentic, antique," suggesting that crying is an ancient expression.]]> 2018-08-29 19:21:32 UTC https://padlet.com/avu11/2scjap93cxqy/wish/276384692 avu11 https://padlet.com/avu11/2scjap93cxqy/wish/276384951 When Millay says " Your arms get tired, and the back of your neck gets tight;
And along towards morning, when you think it will never be light," you can see and feel her depression.]]> 2018-08-29 19:22:23 UTC https://padlet.com/avu11/2scjap93cxqy/wish/276384951 avu11 https://padlet.com/avu11/2scjap93cxqy/wish/276384971 The tone of the poem is sadness, loneliness, and emptiness, conveyed when the writer uses the words, tears, simply, nothing, and the phrase: it will never be light.]]> 2018-08-29 19:22:26 UTC https://padlet.com/avu11/2scjap93cxqy/wish/276384971 avu11 https://padlet.com/avu11/2scjap93cxqy/wish/276385056 The writer uses a couple examples of repetition, such as "But only as a gesture,—a gesture which implied".

]]> 2018-08-29 19:22:43 UTC https://padlet.com/avu11/2scjap93cxqy/wish/276385056 avu11 https://padlet.com/avu11/2scjap93cxqy/wish/276385096 The poem does not use any metaphores or epic similes.]]> 2018-08-29 19:22:50 UTC https://padlet.com/avu11/2scjap93cxqy/wish/276385096 avu11 https://padlet.com/avu11/2scjap93cxqy/wish/276716024 This poem is from the viewpoint of the author, and does not add any new insights as the author is reflecting on the Odyssey, and how she relates to it. It does however, show the similarities of both time periods and how, no matter the era, sadness is the same]]> 2018-08-30 18:52:24 UTC https://padlet.com/avu11/2scjap93cxqy/wish/276716024