The corn bent down in broken-spined decay
as she thickly squelched her way to what she hoped
was fresher mind, clear of a stuffy day
spent in a house where all resolve had moped.
In movement, mud, cold, steely winter air,
she sought to shed the skin of that day’s self.
She’d bitched at him; she knew she wasn’t fair,
but his acceptance of their place upon life’s shelf
tore anger from her ribs like leonine jaws.
It spewed, it spattered, stained everywhere she walked.
She knew regrets to come should give her pause,
but his patient face made self-possession balk.
So she labored through the frozen field of corn
waiting for redemption to be borne.
-Karin Gustafson
Sunday, November 4, 2012
Quote of the Day Nov 3
Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones. -Phillips Brooks
Thursday, November 1, 2012
AP Hamlet PLN
The start of a personal learning network:
1) http://millsenglish.com/wordpress/?cat=16
Goes over previous Hamlet essays and has Hamlet videos to watch.
2)http://domingoaplitblog2010.blogspot.com/2010/03/embassy-of-death-essay-on-hamlet.html
A blog with an essay on Hamlet. "Students" (I am making a guess here) respond to the ideas and ask questions about Hamlet.
3)http://aplove.blogspot.com/search?q=hamlet
Another blog with very short summaries of each act. Good for cramming, which is bad....ironic
4)http://www.outreach.washington.edu/openuw/asp/transform.asp?course=Hamlet&xml=hamlet_intro1
Summaries of the scenes and acts with quizzes on each one. Good study resource.
5)http://www.english.upenn.edu/People/PeterStallybrass
An English professor giving an analysis of Hamlet. What more could I ask for?
1) http://millsenglish.com/wordpress/?cat=16
Goes over previous Hamlet essays and has Hamlet videos to watch.
2)http://domingoaplitblog2010.blogspot.com/2010/03/embassy-of-death-essay-on-hamlet.html
A blog with an essay on Hamlet. "Students" (I am making a guess here) respond to the ideas and ask questions about Hamlet.
3)http://aplove.blogspot.com/search?q=hamlet
Another blog with very short summaries of each act. Good for cramming, which is bad....ironic
4)http://www.outreach.washington.edu/openuw/asp/transform.asp?course=Hamlet&xml=hamlet_intro1
Summaries of the scenes and acts with quizzes on each one. Good study resource.
5)http://www.english.upenn.edu/People/PeterStallybrass
An English professor giving an analysis of Hamlet. What more could I ask for?
Vocab Definitions
aficionado - noun a serious devotee of some particular music genre or musical performer; a fan of bull fighting
browbeat - verb discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate; be bossy towards
commensurate - adj. corresponding in size or degree or extent
diaphanous - adj. so thin as to transmit light
emolument - noun compensation received by virtue of holding an office or having employment (usually in the form of wages or fees)
foray - noun an initial attempt (especially outside your usual areas of competence); a sudden short attack; verb briefly enter enemy territory; steal goods; take as spoils
genre - noun a class of art (or artistic endeavor) having a characteristic form or technique; a kind of literary or artistic work; an expressive style of music; a style of expressing yourself in writing
homily - noun a sermon on a moral or religious topic
immure - verb lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
insouciant - adj. marked by blithe unconcern
matrix - noun mold used in the production of phonograph records, type, or other relief surface;the formative tissue at the base of a nail; the body substance in which tissue cells are embedded;a rectangular array of elements (or entries) set out by rows and columns; an enclosure within which something originates or develops (from the Latin for womb)
obsequies - noun a funeral rite or ceremony
panache - noun a feathered plume on a helmet; distinctive and stylish elegance
persona - noun (Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world; an actor's portrayal of someone in a play
philippic - noun a speech of violent denunciation
prurient - adj. characterized by lust
sacrosanct - adj. must be kept sacred
systemic - adj. affecting an entire system
tendentious - adj. having or marked by a strong tendency especially a controversial one
vicissitude - noun mutability in life or nature (especially successive alternation from one condition to another); a variation in circumstances or fortune at different times in your life or in the development of something
browbeat - verb discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate; be bossy towards
commensurate - adj. corresponding in size or degree or extent
diaphanous - adj. so thin as to transmit light
emolument - noun compensation received by virtue of holding an office or having employment (usually in the form of wages or fees)
foray - noun an initial attempt (especially outside your usual areas of competence); a sudden short attack; verb briefly enter enemy territory; steal goods; take as spoils
genre - noun a class of art (or artistic endeavor) having a characteristic form or technique; a kind of literary or artistic work; an expressive style of music; a style of expressing yourself in writing
homily - noun a sermon on a moral or religious topic
immure - verb lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
insouciant - adj. marked by blithe unconcern
matrix - noun mold used in the production of phonograph records, type, or other relief surface;the formative tissue at the base of a nail; the body substance in which tissue cells are embedded;a rectangular array of elements (or entries) set out by rows and columns; an enclosure within which something originates or develops (from the Latin for womb)
obsequies - noun a funeral rite or ceremony
panache - noun a feathered plume on a helmet; distinctive and stylish elegance
persona - noun (Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world; an actor's portrayal of someone in a play
philippic - noun a speech of violent denunciation
prurient - adj. characterized by lust
sacrosanct - adj. must be kept sacred
systemic - adj. affecting an entire system
tendentious - adj. having or marked by a strong tendency especially a controversial one
vicissitude - noun mutability in life or nature (especially successive alternation from one condition to another); a variation in circumstances or fortune at different times in your life or in the development of something
Quote of the Day Nov. 2
Dreams must be heeded and accepted. For a great many of them come true. -Paracelsus
Quote of the Day Nov. 1
Respect is what we owe; love, what we give. -Philip James Bailey
Men always want to be a woman's first love - women like to be a man's last romance. -Oscar Wilde
The most seductive thing about art is the personality of the artist himself. -Paul Cezanne
Oaths are but words, and words are but wind. -Samuel Butler
Even a stopped clock is right twice a day. -Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
Men always want to be a woman's first love - women like to be a man's last romance. -Oscar Wilde
The most seductive thing about art is the personality of the artist himself. -Paul Cezanne
Oaths are but words, and words are but wind. -Samuel Butler
Even a stopped clock is right twice a day. -Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
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