https://padlet.com/tstone22/kcgz11grv79p more analysis en-us 2017-08-30 15:12:14 UTC 2017-08-30 15:48:01 UTC hello@padlet.com tstone22 https://padlet.com/tstone22/kcgz11grv79p/wish/183708274 The author uses repetition when she repeats, 'As I wiped my eyes on the corner of my apron"(Millay 1). She also rhymes.]]> 2017-08-30 15:18:11 UTC https://padlet.com/tstone22/kcgz11grv79p/wish/183708274 tstone22 https://padlet.com/tstone22/kcgz11grv79p/wish/183708976 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.]]> 2017-08-30 15:19:56 UTC https://padlet.com/tstone22/kcgz11grv79p/wish/183708976 ggin https://padlet.com/tstone22/kcgz11grv79p/wish/183712948 An example of imagery used in this poem is " Your arms get tired, and the back of your neck gets tight" (Millay.5)]]> 2017-08-30 15:30:29 UTC https://padlet.com/tstone22/kcgz11grv79p/wish/183712948 tfilipe https://padlet.com/tstone22/kcgz11grv79p/wish/183713288 The tone of the poem is that the author feels pity for Penelope because her gesture was genuine and Ulysses' gesture wasn't.]]> 2017-08-30 15:31:31 UTC https://padlet.com/tstone22/kcgz11grv79p/wish/183713288 gpaden https://padlet.com/tstone22/kcgz11grv79p/wish/183713996 Some are sincere in their actions and words, and some calculate their moves. Be careful in who you trust.]]> 2017-08-30 15:33:33 UTC https://padlet.com/tstone22/kcgz11grv79p/wish/183713996 gpaden https://padlet.com/tstone22/kcgz11grv79p/wish/183716175 In the Odyssey, Odysseus is portrayed as a flawless hero, and Penelope is almost like a pointless side character. In this poem, Penelope becomes an everyday hero, and Odysseus is portrayed as having some flaws.]]> 2017-08-30 15:38:58 UTC https://padlet.com/tstone22/kcgz11grv79p/wish/183716175 ggin https://padlet.com/tstone22/kcgz11grv79p/wish/183716654 There is no metaphorical language in this poem.]]> 2017-08-30 15:40:03 UTC https://padlet.com/tstone22/kcgz11grv79p/wish/183716654