Tuesday, 3/17: "Beyond the shadow of the ship, I watched the water-snakes."

* Open
  • New seat; new companions
  • Copy into terms (definition, at least)
    • lorica: Latin: body armor or breastplate; in the Christian monastic tradition, a prayer recited for protection.  Knights would often recite a lorica as they sped into battle.  The tradition stems from the Apostle Paul, who encourages us thus, "Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness" (Ephesians 6:14)
      • State ergo succincti lumbos vestros in veritate, et induti loricam justitiƦ,
  • Please Read: Saint Patrick
    • Feastday: March 17
      Patron of Ireland
      Birth: 387
      Death: 461
    • His hymn: St. Patrick's Breastplate (or St. Patrick's Lorica, Latin for body armor or breastplate)
       
Saints Fun Facts for St. Patrick
* Rime of the Ancient Mariner Parts 3-4

"Beyond the shadow of the ship,
I watched the water-snakes:
They moved in tracks of shining white,
And when they reared, the elfish light
Fell off in hoary flakes."

Journal: Rime of the Ancient Mariner (one paragraph)
  • After Part the Fourth
    • 1.  Why can't the mariner pray effectively?  When this changes, what does the mariner attribute the change to?  The reader may partly agree with the mariner but sees another reason (perhaps related) for the change.  What is it?  Why is this fitting?
HW: Senior Project

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