Beowulf test: retakes? Please take within five class days of today.



Canterbury nun, monk, friar. We read and took notes on the listed pilgrims. These are found on pages 146-149.

“Death Be Not Proud” p 348 Write one page: First ¶ is summary of the poem. Next ¶ is what you liked about the poem. Third ¶ is what you didn’t understand about the poem. Fill the page out with any connections (connects to something else) or observations (author’s skills). Use at least three quoted phrases somewhere in your paper.



Knight’s Tale/ We watched more of this video.


Reminders:

Friday, February 15, Beowulf test.

Thursday, February 21, reflective essay due on turnitin.com



Death, be not proud by John Donne

Death, be not proud, though some have called thee
Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so;
For those whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow
Die not, poor death, nor yet canst thou kill me.
From rest and sleep, which but thy pictures be,
Much pleasure; then from thee much more must flow,
And soonest our best men with thee do go,
Rest of their bones, and soul's delivery.
Thou art slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men,
And dost with poison, war, and sickness dwell,
And poppy or charms can make us sleep as well
And better than thy stroke; why swell'st thou then?
One short sleep past, we wake eternally,
And death shall be no more, death, thou shalt die.