Friday, October 10, 2014

1. Discuss epitaphs.
2. Write a rhyming epitaph for yourself.
3. Catch up on missing poems.
*PRIZE FOR BEST EPITAPH IN CLASS!
*PRIZE FOR BEST OVERALL EPITAPH!

**REMINDER: SOCIAL CRITICISM IN LITERATURE PAPERS DUE ON MONDAY!

Examples:

EPITAPHS

An epitaph is a commemorative inscription on a tomb or mortuary monument written to praise the deceased.

Examples:

Come blooming youths, as you pass by ,

And on these lines do cast an eye.

As you are now, so once was I;

As I am now, so must you be;

Prepare for death and follow me.

Here lies Lester Moore.

Four slugs

From a forty-four.

No Les

No More.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) [Gravestone in Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon] GOOD FREND FOR IESVS SAKE FORBEARE TO DIGG THE DVST ENCLOASED HEARE BLESTE BE Y MAN Y SPARES THES STONES AND CVRST BE HE ¶[AT] MOVES MY BONES [Monument to Shakespeare in Poet's Corner, Westminster Abbey:]