Sidney’s coat of arms, left, with Frances Walsingham’s, right. Sidney and Walsingham married in 1583.
Category: announcements
Sep 26
Reading Astrophel and Stella
There are 110 sonnets in Sidney’s Astrophel and Stella. We are going to read them all (skipping the songs at the end of our edition). That means by Friday I would like you to read through sonnet 35. By next Monday try to reach sonnet 80; and for next Wednesday finish up the sequence. You …
Sep 17
Noli me tangere
Here’s a translation for Noli me tangere: “don’t touch me” or “touch me not.”
Sep 13
READ Skelton for Friday
Dan was right to be asking “What about Friday.” After most of you left I took a better look at the syllabus and find we are to begin reading “John Skelton.” Do that. Following the links on the syllabus. If you want to print out the pages, you will probably have to download the pdf …
Sep 07
On My First Son
Farewell, thou child of my right hand, and joy; My sin was too much hope of thee, lov’d boy. Seven years thou wert lent to me, and I thee pay, Exacted by thy fate, on the just day. Oh, could I lose all father now! For why Will man lament the state he should envy? …
Sep 03
Verse v. Poetry
Here is how the OED defines verse and poetry: Verse: “(a) A succession of words arranged according to natural or recognized rules of prosody and forming a complete metrical line; one of the lines of a poem or piece of versification.” Poetry: “a. Composition in verse or some comparable patterned arrangement of language in which …
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