- Grammar: Copy and Punctuate Psalm 23 (King James Version)He maketh me to lie down in green pastures he leadeth me beside the still waters
The Lord is my shepherd I shall not want
* Vocabulary
nebulous (adj.): in the form of a cloud or haze; unclear; vague; ill-defined
from Latin nebulosus "cloudy, misty, foggy, full of vapor."
Example: Composing a thesis is an absolute mystery to me; sadly, this nebulous witchcraft is demanded of me weekly.
Example 2: In poems such as "Heritage" and "Atlantic City Waiter," Cullen reflects the urge to reclaim African arts—a phenomenon called "Negritude" that was one of the motifs of the Harlem Renaissance. The cornerstone of his aesthetic, however, was the call for black-American poets to work conservatively, as he did, within English conventions. In his 1927 foreword to Caroling Dusk, Cullen observed that "since theirs is ... the heritage of the English language, their work will not present any serious aberration from poetic tendencies of their times." Braving the wrath of less moderate peers, he further stated that "negro poets, dependent as they are on the English language, may have more to gain from the rich background of English and American poetry than from any nebulous atavistic yearnings toward an African inheritance."
And now, as the night was senescent
And star-dials pointed to morn—
As the star-dials hinted of morn—
At the end of our path a liquescent
And nebulous lustre was born,
Out of which a miraculous crescent
Arose with a duplicate horn—
Astarte's bediamonded crescent
Distinct with its duplicate horn.
--Edgar Allan Poe * The Evil Thesis Challenge
* Check Focus for Any Issue
* Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Make a Study Card
- Don't forget symbols, numerology, juxtaposition, bob-and-wheel
* Add to your notes as we watch: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
HW:
- Add two words to your vocabulary (as we have a shorter week):paradigmurbaneWork On Your Gawain Study Card (due at the end of next week)
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