After listening or rather reading the poem "Sonnet 7" written by Shakespeare, my class was split into groups to discuss the poem and understand the meaning.
This is the actual poem:
Lo! In the orient when the gracious light
Lifts up his burning head, each under eye
Doth homage to his new-appearing sight,
Serving with looks his sacred majesty;
And having climb'd the steep-up heavenly hill,
Resembling strong youth in his middle age,
Yet mortal looks adore his beauty still,
Attending on his golden pilgrimage:
But when from highmost pitch, with weary car,
Like feeble age, he reeleth from the day,
The eyes, 'fore duteous, now converted are
From his low tract, and look another way:
So though, thyself outgoing in thy noon
Unlooked on diest unless though get a son.
Personally I didn't understand the poem the first time I read it. I had to look over it at least 3 times to figure out the poem was talking about the Sun since the first line refers to orient which means Sun. When I started thinking about this poem with my group we decided that this poem reflects on the greatness of the sun. After the music performance of group 1, I kind of changed my mind. The rise of the sun represented the birth of the sun and when it set was the death. I thought that the poem represented the the process of the sun rising to the sun setting and the all the things that happen during that time. I also think that this poem tells the reader how important the sun is to the the people.
4 comments:
Hi Vidya,
I like when your post talks about how after you listened to the music in class, it changed your perspective of the poem. At first you thought it was the greatness of the sun, and after the music you thought it was the sun rising and setting.
Something else I thought was smart was when you said, "I also think that this poem tells the reader how important the sun is to the people." This is a good point, because it reminds us about how in the poem it talks about how much people loved the sun during Shakespeare’s time.
Loved it!
~Anissa~
Thanks for sharing the development of your thought. It's neat to trace where your thinking has been and where it's going. Let's see what happens after today's discussion!
Vidya,
That's what I felt like when I first read the poem. And I like the way you listened to your group, the way you talk about it seems like you had a great discussion. Great how you mentioned that the sun was powerful.
Great thinking.
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