I was lonely. I wanted an alive wife with me in the Underworld. One day when I was walking the Overworld, sad as ever, I spotted a girl. I didn’t know then but this was Persephone. Persephone was the daughter of Zeus & Demeter. I wanted her to become the dreaded goddess of the Underworld. I knew her parents would not accept my want for her. So I decided a more forceful approach would be more prudent. I kidnapped her and took her to the Underworld.
Once she woke up she looked around and ran.
Task One: Copy one stanza and explain what it means in 5 sentences.
I looked upon the rotting sea,
And drew my eyes away;
I looked upon the rotting deck,
And there the dead men lay
Question 1: Why did the poet repeat this phrase?
I think the poet repeated the phrase to focus on his feelings as he looks at the sea the same way as his dead crew members.
I would keep it in 3rd person as dead people can’t write stories. But if I wrote it in first person I would have it in the perspective of the soldier because you could see if anyone else had tried to cross the river/lake.
‘First day on the job’, I think, ‘Why am I worrying?’ I see a rifle being taken off of the gun rack. ‘Oh yeah, because my job involves shooting people.’ They hand the gun to me and a box full of ammunition. I nod to my officer and walk to my post at the bridge. Hope I don’t have to shoot anyone on my first day.
I defined some of the unusual words in the text.
Wist – past tense of wit
Unslaked – To not desire
Agape – wide open
Gramercy – thanks
Weal – well-being
Keel – structure made out of steel or timber along the base of the ship to support it
Betwixt – between
Water–sprite – a supernatural legendary creature, commonly deceived as a ghostly elf-like or fairy-like creatures that’s small and inhabits water
Activity one: Underline 5 quotations that describe what’s happening in the poem and what’s happening to the setting, characters & events.
There was a weary time – this shows that the crew is tired
Gramercy! they for joy did grin – the crew is happy
The western wave was all aflame – I think this means that the rays of the sun are reflecting off of the sea.
Without a breeze, without a tide – I think this means that their isn’t any wind and that the wind is calm.
We could laugh nor wail – they were so thirsty that they couldn’t laugh away the feeling or wail and cry with a dry throat.
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