https://padlet.com/murleung/vieveefrancis In groups of 2-3, discuss where “sublimity” (the awe and admiration of nature) and trauma of human experience feel the most palpable in Vievee Francis’s Forest Primeval. Please share an example from a poem and an excerpt that showcases this. en-us 2024-01-30 01:44:54 UTC 2024-01-31 00:54:36 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/2754.png https://padlet.com/murleung/vieveefrancis/wish/2867640374 “White Mountain” - there is a sense of hope “I look out under the leafless beech, which I’d take for dead if I didn’t believe in spring’s coming.” This brings a sense of hope shared by the speaker, in spite of a break or death, hope persists. Death is a natural part of life, at the same time it’s devastating, life altering, reality shattering. “Something has been lost that won’t return in this life. I want to find the source.” We are drawn at the same time to death. It sparks our curiosity and we wonder what happens after we die.

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