Humpety Dumpety would've liked today.

First up was devotions by Emmett, who reminded us through Mrs. Loconte's devotion book that we need not worry, because God will ultimately take care of us. As the saying goes, "If God brings you to it, He will bring you through it."

Next up, we finished Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard by Thomas Gray, as we were too ADHD last class to do so. 

After that, we read about Robert Burns. Through his bio, we learned that though a young and poor boy, he found the love of learning and books through his father, and eventually became a great poet. Mrs. Loconte also mentioned how he was attributed to penning Auld Lang Syne, an old song. He also penned To A Mouse, in which we found a nice allusion to the book Of Mice and Men.

Moving on to William Blake, we read that he was a "product of his time, but out of his time", and that he represented the end of his age. Although not a man of his time, which meant his works not well received, they later on became famous works of art. He also wrote The Lamb and The Tiger, which we studied in class. We talked about how the two pieces were contrasting truths; the first reminds us of the Lamb of God, and how the poem represents us; it is an allegory for something deeper. The first stanza is literal, second is

metaphorical. The latter are formatted in questions; it serves to ask God why he would make the tiger, and creates an image of the awesome God that could make a tiger and a lamb. Both poems are contradictory, but complementing at the same time. What we also said was that they both relate to God and His ability to make something meek and mild, but also dreadful and powerful.

Alors, we wound down to the end of Block A with the conclusion of reading just three pages for homework. No strings (or study questions) attached.

HOMEWORK:

read 450-451: The Growth of the English Language

read 449: The English Novel in The Eighteenth Century

GOOD NIGHT ALL. Sorry for the late post, as I had just gotten home ten minutes prior to this post.