https://padlet.com/pgalembush/6ymylee9lz61 Paige Galembush Katie Ardaiz Alondra Armas Gonzalez Paul Fearon en-us 2018-01-31 15:04:25 UTC 2018-01-31 15:40:31 UTC hello@padlet.com aarmasgonzalez1 https://padlet.com/pgalembush/6ymylee9lz61/wish/226599801 The theme of this poem, is depression and loneliness.  The line, that we chose and that was "My husband is away and I don't know where he is" that once portrayed something powerful, about feeling helpless, and she doesn't know what to do without him. ]]> 2018-01-31 15:10:38 UTC https://padlet.com/pgalembush/6ymylee9lz61/wish/226599801 pgalembush https://padlet.com/pgalembush/6ymylee9lz61/wish/226600088 1) I thought, as I wiped my eyes on the corner of my apron:
2) Penelope did this too.
3) And more than once: you can't keep weaving all day
4) And undoing it all through the night;
5) Your arms get tired, and the back of your neck gets tight;
6) And along towards morning, when you think it will never be light,
7) And your husband has been gone, and you don't know where, for years.
8) Suddenly you burst into tears;
9) There is simply nothing else to do.

10) And I thought, as I wiped my eyes on the corner of my apron:
11) This is an ancient gesture, authentic, antique,
12) In the very best tradition, classic, Greek;
13) Ulysses did this too.
14) But only as a gesture,—a gesture which implied
15) To the assembled throng that he was much too moved to speak.
16)He learned it from Penelope…
17) Penelope, who really cried.]]> 2018-01-31 15:11:01 UTC https://padlet.com/pgalembush/6ymylee9lz61/wish/226600088 kardaiz1 https://padlet.com/pgalembush/6ymylee9lz61/wish/226600187 The tone of this poem is loneliness, and heartache. The author is lonely because their significant other has been away for many years and they don't know where. They miss them very much.]]> 2018-01-31 15:11:10 UTC https://padlet.com/pgalembush/6ymylee9lz61/wish/226600187 kardaiz1 https://padlet.com/pgalembush/6ymylee9lz61/wish/226600267 This poem includes alliteration, repetition, and consonance.
Alliteration- "This is an ancient, gesture, authentic,antique." (Line 11)
Repetition- "I thought, as I wiped my eyes on the corner of my apron."  (Line 1 & 10)
Consonance- "...he was much too moved to speak." (Line 15)]]> 2018-01-31 15:11:16 UTC https://padlet.com/pgalembush/6ymylee9lz61/wish/226600267 pfearonhernandez https://padlet.com/pgalembush/6ymylee9lz61/wish/226600629 This poem does not contain too much powerful imagery, but where it has some, it conveys the message very well. The main idea the author wanted the reader to take away is sadness, loneliness, and crying. On line 8, the short phrase of "Suddenly you burst into tears;"  creates a vivid image of someone crying their heart out, just as the author intended.

]]> 2018-01-31 15:11:45 UTC https://padlet.com/pgalembush/6ymylee9lz61/wish/226600629 pgalembush https://padlet.com/pgalembush/6ymylee9lz61/wish/226601722 A metaphor used in this poem is, "And more than once: you can't keep weaving all day. And undoing it all through the night;" (Line 3 and 4) The meaning, is technically saying the writer can't hold in their emotions all day, and let it out at night. ]]> 2018-01-31 15:13:32 UTC https://padlet.com/pgalembush/6ymylee9lz61/wish/226601722 pfearonhernandez https://padlet.com/pgalembush/6ymylee9lz61/wish/226603350 This poem is from the viewpoint of a Penelope like figure in a more modern time. It conveys a very similar perspective as shown in the Odyssey as Penelope waits a long time for Odysseus to come home. This poem really emphasizes the feeling of derelict and desolation. In the original Odyssey poem, it does not appear to show these feelings of Penelope too much, as they often focus on the male hero characters. This poem also lacks the feeling of hope for Odysseus that is shown in the Odyssey.]]> 2018-01-31 15:16:01 UTC https://padlet.com/pgalembush/6ymylee9lz61/wish/226603350