https://padlet.com/adhara11/hjqi0wr2fikr Anisha, Sanika, and Aarushi en-us 2018-08-29 15:21:45 UTC 2025-09-28 14:07:45 UTC hello@padlet.com adhara11 https://padlet.com/adhara11/hjqi0wr2fikr/wish/276264822
I, wanderer, warrior,
Strategist, explorer,
Inventor of schemes which conquered Troy,
Outwitting even Poseidon's one-eyed son.
I, who enchanted goddesses
But escaped their grasp,
Could not be seduced by Sirens,
Tied to the mast of past longings, heard another's song,
Saw another's face,
The silky black tendrils of her hair weaving through the tapestry of my thoughts.Penelope, are you more than memory?
In my dreams I become your loom,
You ravel and unravel my hopes.

Are you the Penelope I knew or have you too forgotten,
Foundered, as I did in that mad mad war, in these madder wanderings,
And even now in the wonderings of my tide-tossed mind.
Penelope, do you wait for me?
What have I lost in this world of brawn and manly prowess,
Where women are goddesses or slaves,
Above or below me,
Where human hearts dare not yearn
For what they cannot claim or reclaim?

In the mist I see Penelope in her garden,
Watering the blossoms of tomorrow,
Penelope in her room winding the warp,
Twisting the skeins of yesterday,
Letting slip through her fingers year after year, the colors of the seasons.

Am I then in love only with memory?
I, the wily Odysseus, humbled by wisps of dreams
Waking me at dawn to stare at the rising tumescent sun swollen on the horizon,
Behind me always.
But only in the dusk of this vast western emptiness,
Lies the warming call of home.Penelope,
Must memory alone sustain me,
Or do you live outside my mind,
Daily scanning the craggy shore of Ithaca
Peering across that fog-gray desolation,
Weaving into your woolly nights the foam of this churning sea,
Waiting for me?


]]> 2018-08-29 15:23:13 UTC https://padlet.com/adhara11/hjqi0wr2fikr/wish/276264822 adhara11 https://padlet.com/adhara11/hjqi0wr2fikr/wish/276270599 The title is significant because the poem talks about how he wants to know if Penelope is still in love with him and waiting.
 
" Penelope, do you wait for me?" 

Odysseus is a hero but he still has feelings and isn't just courageous and witty.

]]> 2018-08-29 15:27:15 UTC https://padlet.com/adhara11/hjqi0wr2fikr/wish/276270599 adhara11 https://padlet.com/adhara11/hjqi0wr2fikr/wish/276278315 The theme of the poem is yearning. In the poem, Odysseus say, " Must only memory sustain me, or do you live outside my mind." He hopes that Penelope hasn't forgotten him and wants to meet her again. " Am I then in love with a memory?" He questions his love for Penelope and questions if she is in love with him still.

]]> 2018-08-29 15:30:21 UTC https://padlet.com/adhara11/hjqi0wr2fikr/wish/276278315 adhara11 https://padlet.com/adhara11/hjqi0wr2fikr/wish/276282871 The tone of this poem yearning and longing. He shows his longing when he says, " In the mist I see Penelope in her garden, watering the blossoms of tomorrow.,Penelope in her room winding the warp, Twisting the skeins of yesterday, Letting slip through her fingers year after year, the color of the seasons." This shows he can not let Penelope go. Even if he doesn't have her with him, he hangs on the the memories of her.]]> 2018-08-29 15:38:55 UTC https://padlet.com/adhara11/hjqi0wr2fikr/wish/276282871 adhara11 https://padlet.com/adhara11/hjqi0wr2fikr/wish/276286536 " In the mist, I see Penelope in her garden." Odysseus, commonly, remembers Penelope in her garden.]]> 2018-08-29 15:46:26 UTC https://padlet.com/adhara11/hjqi0wr2fikr/wish/276286536 adhara11 https://padlet.com/adhara11/hjqi0wr2fikr/wish/276286818 This poem uses a metaphor when he says, " The silky black tendrils of her hair weaving through the tapestry of my thoughts." He compares his brain to a tapestry that holds his thoughts.]]> 2018-08-29 15:47:06 UTC https://padlet.com/adhara11/hjqi0wr2fikr/wish/276286818 adhara11 https://padlet.com/adhara11/hjqi0wr2fikr/wish/276288430 " The silky black tendrils of her hair weaving thoughts the tapestry of my thoughts."]]> 2018-08-29 15:50:46 UTC https://padlet.com/adhara11/hjqi0wr2fikr/wish/276288430 adhara11 https://padlet.com/adhara11/hjqi0wr2fikr/wish/276288955 In the book. it is mentioned that Odysseus misses his home and he doesn't really mention Penelope. In the poem, he specifically says he misses Penelope.]]> 2018-08-29 15:51:51 UTC https://padlet.com/adhara11/hjqi0wr2fikr/wish/276288955