https://padlet.com/eweiss31/anancientgesture by: Edna St. Vincent Millay en-us 2017-08-30 14:51:53 UTC 2022-01-19 13:41:10 UTC hello@padlet.com hmclees https://padlet.com/eweiss31/anancientgesture/wish/183711838 Line 2 of Stanza 2 is an example of alliteration, "This is An Ancient gesture, Authentic, Antique." There is many examples of repetition. The line, "I thought, as I wiped my eyes on the corner on my apron: " is repeated at the beginning of both stanzas. Penelope's name is also repeat multiple times throughout the poem. 

]]> 2017-08-30 15:27:20 UTC https://padlet.com/eweiss31/anancientgesture/wish/183711838 eweiss31 https://padlet.com/eweiss31/anancientgesture/wish/183712172 One example of imagery is, "I thought, as I wiped my eyes on the corner of my apron" (Millay 1/10). The reader can visualize Penelope wiping her eyes.]]> 2017-08-30 15:28:16 UTC https://padlet.com/eweiss31/anancientgesture/wish/183712172 aschweigert11 https://padlet.com/eweiss31/anancientgesture/wish/183712338 The Odyssey focuses on Odysseus and Telemachus where as in An Ancient Gesture focuses on Penelope and that she might be the hero and not Odysseus.  Penelope is not spoken of much in the Odyssey.]]> 2017-08-30 15:28:48 UTC https://padlet.com/eweiss31/anancientgesture/wish/183712338 eschmelzeis https://padlet.com/eweiss31/anancientgesture/wish/183712965 The tone of the poem is hopeless and depressed. The poet expresses this by repeating phrases in the text like "I thought, as I wiped my eyes on the corner of my apron" (1) . Reading these phrases gives the reader a feeling of sorrow or hopelessness.]]> 2017-08-30 15:30:33 UTC https://padlet.com/eweiss31/anancientgesture/wish/183712965 eschmelzeis https://padlet.com/eweiss31/anancientgesture/wish/183719727 In the text, she is comparing the feeling that Penelope was having to an "ancient gesture", as that feeling is found in many people and events in history. The quote in the text to support this would be "And I thought, as I wiped my eyes on the corner of my apron: This is an ancient gesture, authentic, antique," (10-11).]]> 2017-08-30 15:48:27 UTC https://padlet.com/eweiss31/anancientgesture/wish/183719727