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(NB: I do not condone class absences - you must be present, in class, actively listening and participating whenever possible. Always communicate your absences with the school office as well as with me. It is your responsibility to make arrangements for missed learning opportunities. You MUST meet all assignment deadlines. If we have to meet via Google Meets, please make a note of the QR link posted in Room 205 for the meeting id and passwords.)

22 January 2025

B - The one with the Cavaliers.

ESSENTIAL QUESTION: What does it mean to be the "soul of an age?"

We read together and discussed Herrick's "To the Virgins," Suckling's "The Constant Lover" and "Why So Pale and Wan," and Lovelace's "To Lucasta: On Going to the Wars" and "To Althea: From Prison." We appreciated the tight verse form, rhythm, and metre of the Cavaliers, as well as the rich imagery of the conceits.

We viewed the first 20 minutes of Anonymous (2011).

READ: "When I Was Fair and Young," "Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum," Psalms 8, Genesis 2-3, 1Corinthians 13.

PRACTISE: Appreciate your assigned poem and create three to four questions for each of the other pieces above and be ready to pose them to your classmates.

NEXT CLASS: Socratic Discussion

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