Keats' Song

Keats.egg on Aviary.

I’ve seen much greatness throughout my days.
Beautiful and amazing creatures have crossed my ways.
A dazzling smile or a sorrowful tear,
Awakens my eyes to how things appear.
A stunning sunrise and a beautiful flower
have instantly overcome me with its power.
The feel of the mist that the ocean sprays
Has captured my attention in unknown ways.
Everywhere I look is filled with magnificence,
And the beauty I see takes my breath away in an instant.
All this I see is from no mistake.
It is just a few of the things that God could make.

Keats, John. “Ón First Looking into Chapman’s Homer.” British Literature. Ed. Ronald A. Horton. 2^nd ed. Greenville, SC: BJU Press, 2003. 575. Print.

Percy Bysshe Shelley Resume

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Education
Oxford University (1810-1811)
Eton College (1804-1810)

Skills and Qualifications
Writer of many literary works
Primarily focused on romanticism
Experienced in unconventional thinking and non-conformity to his time period

Some Written Works
The Necessity of Atheism-1811
Queen Mab-1813
“Alastor”-1816
“Ode to the West Wind”-1820
Prometheus Unbound-1820
Adonais-1821

Interests
Helping the oppressed
Independent thoughts and actions
The overthrowing of tyranny
Stirring social revolts
Vegetarianism

Works Cited

"Percy Bysshe Shelley." Shmoop. Web. 19 Jan. 2011.<http://www.shmoop.com/percy-bysshe-shelley/>.

"Percy B. Shelley: Works." The Victorian Web: An Overview. Web. 19 Jan. 2011. <http://www.victorianweb.org/previctorian/shelley/works.html>.

Horton, Ronald. “Percy Bysshe Shelley.” British Literature. Ed. Ronald A. Horton. 2nd ed. Greenville, SC: BJU Press, 2003. 565-567. Print.



Byron Poem

It never grew as it should.
It never let off that sweet scent.
I would have changed it if I could,
But that was never my intent.

Made of plastic, it’s beauty amazed.
It almost seemed to be enough.
Temporarily it kept me dazed,
but now I realize it was all a bluff.

At the time, it seemed like the better pick,
But its once vibrant color fades still.
Now it’s time to face the music.
Things not true can never fulfill.

Both the flower and our love,
Were masked by authenticity.
But from the beginning it was known,
Underneath hid insincerity.

This poem is “romantic” in that it portrays the natural over the artificial. In this poem, an artificial type of love is compared to an artificial flower. Like the flower, the love does not fulfill as if it were real. In the end, the natural or real type of flower and love triumphs over the fake. The poem followed the rhyme scheme of Byron’s “On This Day I Complete My Thirty-Sixth Year.”


Byron, Lord. “On This Day I Complete My Thirty-Sixth Year.” British Literature. Ed. Ronald A. Horton. 2nd ed. Greenville, SC: BJU Press, 2003. 562-562. Print.

Old China Voicemail

Lamb, Charles. “Old China.” British Literature. Ed. Ronald A. Horton. 2^nd ed. Greenville: BJU, 2003. 556-559. Print.

A Humbled Heart

Stealing had always been something that Sally had struggled with. She knew it was wrong, but the thrill of it had kept her going. It wasn’t until today though, that she had actually been caught. She had stolen a pair of sunglasses from a store by quickly slipping it into her purse. This was something that she had gotten away with many times before but just not today. She stood frozen as the security guard pulled her to the side and asked about the glasses. Knowing that lying would just get her deeper into trouble, she admitted to stealing. The punishment was decided to be a few hours of volunteer work, but Sally still had to be brought to the police station where her parents were to pick her up. As she sat there, she couldn’t help but remember all the things she had heard about repenting. She had accepted Christ recently, but there was one thing that she still had trouble doing, repenting. She found it hard to repent to God, but even harder to repent to the person she had wronged. Her pride had kept her from it, but it was at that moment at the station she realized her need for a change. She knew that admitting her sins would help her suppress the temptation to steal in the future. After the station, Sally headed straight to the store, found the manager, and sincerely apologized for her actions. Grateful, he expressed his forgiveness. Right then, Sally felt better and at peace. She knew that she was on her way to strengthening her relationship with God.

Common Things in an Uncommon Light

I used picnik to edit this picture of flowers. Typically, flowers are never black, and grass is never blue. With this different perspective of the flowers, the picture itself expresses a darker feeling than the original picture because of the black. However, that darkness is contrasted by the bright blue grass. I think that Wordsworth had a different perspective of things, which was reflected in his work. He included a lot of nature in his writings and kept them very interesting.

Blake Video Response

Blake Video Response

Blake, William. “The Clod and the Pebble.” British Literature. Ronald A. Horton. 2^nd ed. Greenville: BJU, 2003. 520. Print.