https://padlet.com/lsreenivasan1/cgwthnv8umqc by: W.S Merwin en-us 2017-08-30 18:41:33 UTC 2017-08-30 19:31:35 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Dootheets.png lsreenivasan1 https://padlet.com/lsreenivasan1/cgwthnv8umqc/wish/183785651 Always the setting forth was the same,
Same sea, same dangers waiting for him
As though he had got nowhere but older.
Behind him on the receding shore
The identical reproaches, and somewhere
Out before him, the unravelling patience
He was wedded to.  There were the islands
Each with its woman and twining welcome
To be navigated, and one to call “home.”
The knowledge of all that he betrayed
Grew till it was the same whether he stayed
Or went.  Therefore he went.  And what wonder
If sometimes he could not remember
Which was the one who wished on his departure
Perils that he could never sail through,
And which, improbable, remote, and true,
Was the one he kept sailing home to?

]]> 2017-08-30 18:53:49 UTC https://padlet.com/lsreenivasan1/cgwthnv8umqc/wish/183785651 lsreenivasan1 https://padlet.com/lsreenivasan1/cgwthnv8umqc/wish/183787213 The theme of this poem is perseverance - the ability to stay strong even when you want to give up. This is most prominently seen in the poem when it says, "...Grew till it was the same whether he stayed 
Or went.  Therefore he went."(Merwin 11-12). This illustrates how Odysseus continued on his journey home despite wanting to stay on the islands that greeted him with so much love.]]> 2017-08-30 18:57:53 UTC https://padlet.com/lsreenivasan1/cgwthnv8umqc/wish/183787213 adesai3 https://padlet.com/lsreenivasan1/cgwthnv8umqc/wish/183787290 The author, W.S. Merwin, uses alliteration multiple times throughout the poem. For example, he wrote: "same sea" (Merwin 2). Merwin also wrote: "what wonder" (Merwin 7). 

]]> 2017-08-30 18:58:01 UTC https://padlet.com/lsreenivasan1/cgwthnv8umqc/wish/183787290 adesai3 https://padlet.com/lsreenivasan1/cgwthnv8umqc/wish/183788779 When Merwin writes about the welcoming women, he writes: "Each with its woman and twining welcome..." (Merwin 8). In this sentence, the image of a woman holding out her hand for Odysseus to take may enter the mind. Along with this, one can picture a grand welcoming with kingly hospitality.]]> 2017-08-30 19:01:55 UTC https://padlet.com/lsreenivasan1/cgwthnv8umqc/wish/183788779 egarciahernandez2 https://padlet.com/lsreenivasan1/cgwthnv8umqc/wish/183791074 The author is portraying Odysseus in a pitiful way. For example, " As though he had got nowhere but older.." ( Merwin 3). Merwin tries to get the audience to sympathize with Odysseus' struggles.]]> 2017-08-30 19:09:32 UTC https://padlet.com/lsreenivasan1/cgwthnv8umqc/wish/183791074 brodriguez31 https://padlet.com/lsreenivasan1/cgwthnv8umqc/wish/183791168 In this poem, the viewpoint is that of the author's. He illustrates Odysseus as a weak and suffering hero, rather than always strong and tough. Odysseus is put in a more confused and victimized setting, unlike "The Odyssey" in which he is always clear on what to do. ]]> 2017-08-30 19:09:53 UTC https://padlet.com/lsreenivasan1/cgwthnv8umqc/wish/183791168 adesai3 https://padlet.com/lsreenivasan1/cgwthnv8umqc/wish/183791233 In the poem, metaphorical language could be seen when the poet writes: "Out before him, the unravelling patience..." ( Merwin 6). This is metaphorical because the poet uses the term "unravelling" rather than the word "diminishing." By saying Odysseus' patience is unravelling, one could compare Odysseus' patience to a spool of string. With this string, he goes on fearful journeys, and the further he goes through with his adventures, the more his patience/string unravels. ]]> 2017-08-30 19:10:07 UTC https://padlet.com/lsreenivasan1/cgwthnv8umqc/wish/183791233