To start of this post, here is a little random fact of the day! In the average lifetime, a person will walk the equivalent of 5 times around the equator. Interesting!
In today's class, Janice started the day off with a devotion for us. We learnt that our life is like a quilt and God fits us together. We may only see parts of it and not like it, but it is the bigger pictures that counts. God does have a plan for each one of us, even though it may not seem like it.
We discussed Ben Jonson and how influential he was, even though he was somewhat violent and killed a man. Two poems of his that we looked at were On My First Son and On My First Daughter. As shown in these poems, Jonson had lost his son and daughter. He talked about how proud he was of his son and that he wish he could lose the feeling of being a father. While in On My First Daughter, he talks about how his daughter is going to heaven and will be with the virgin Mary.
The next poem of Jonson's that we analyzed was Song: To Celia. Celia is better than wine and he wants a drink from her since it is better than a divine drink from a god. He then sent her a wreath of roses, but Celia ended up sending them back. Whenever he saw the wreath, he would think of her and how it smelt of her.
For our homework:
- Answer the study questions on Song: To Celia (page 286)
- March 2nd (this friday!), poems due
Don't forget to wear pink tomorrow for anti-bullying day! And bring a donation!
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