https://padlet.com/nrobertson32/grnd5uekocu5 Noel and Raelynn en-us 2018-08-29 15:25:49 UTC 2018-08-31 13:42:33 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Hearts.png nrobertson32 https://padlet.com/nrobertson32/grnd5uekocu5/wish/276288797 The theme has something to do with Penelope's loyalty and love for Odysseus. The poem states, "To the assembled throng that he was much too moved to speak.
He learned it from Penelope…
Penelope, who really cried,(Millay 15-17). Penelope didn't know if he was alive, yet she was still loyal to Odysseus.

One can learn that Penelope feels helpless and she doesn't know what to do about Odysseus being gone. In the poem, Millay writes,"Suddenly you burst into tears;
There is simply nothing else to do."(Millay 8-9). Penelope was overwhelmed and she didn't know what to do.]]> 2018-08-29 15:51:30 UTC https://padlet.com/nrobertson32/grnd5uekocu5/wish/276288797 nrobertson32 https://padlet.com/nrobertson32/grnd5uekocu5/wish/276601917 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.]]> 2018-08-30 14:37:47 UTC https://padlet.com/nrobertson32/grnd5uekocu5/wish/276601917 nrobertson32 https://padlet.com/nrobertson32/grnd5uekocu5/wish/276605526 There is some strong imagery. In the lines, "I wiped my eyes on the corner of my apron" and "Suddenly you burst into tears" (Millay 1 & 8), we can see someone burst into tears and wipe them away. ]]> 2018-08-30 14:45:53 UTC https://padlet.com/nrobertson32/grnd5uekocu5/wish/276605526 nrobertson32 https://padlet.com/nrobertson32/grnd5uekocu5/wish/276605976 Millay feels sympathetic towards Penelope. While writing this poem, she is going through a hard time and she knows that Penelope had a difficult time staying true to Odysseus. ]]> 2018-08-30 14:46:54 UTC https://padlet.com/nrobertson32/grnd5uekocu5/wish/276605976 nrobertson32 https://padlet.com/nrobertson32/grnd5uekocu5/wish/276606220 The poem has some rhyming. The poem says, "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," (illay 4-6).]]> 2018-08-30 14:47:17 UTC https://padlet.com/nrobertson32/grnd5uekocu5/wish/276606220 nrobertson32 https://padlet.com/nrobertson32/grnd5uekocu5/wish/276606402 There is one metaphor. Millay writes,"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," (Millay 3-5). This shows Penelope's loyalty. She tries every day to be loyal, but it is getting harder and harder.]]> 2018-08-30 14:47:41 UTC https://padlet.com/nrobertson32/grnd5uekocu5/wish/276606402 nrobertson32 https://padlet.com/nrobertson32/grnd5uekocu5/wish/276606594 Part of the poem is in Penelope's point of view, which is different from the Odyssey. The poem does not mention the suitors, which is important to Penelope's character.]]> 2018-08-30 14:48:06 UTC https://padlet.com/nrobertson32/grnd5uekocu5/wish/276606594