Week 07-Oedipus's Obituary and Extended Metaphors
1) On behalf of myself and the resident's of Thebe's, I announce with great sadness the death of our king, Oedipus.
He was a man of great courage and valor who fought to strengthen our kingdom and end suffering. Oedipus's tremendous
skill of wit and charm resulted in the death of the Sphinx who had held Thebes in it's clutches preventing the city's freedom and prosperity.
He is predeceased by both his mother and father and fondly remembered not only by his four children, Eteocles, Polynices, Antigone and Ismene but by the adoring citizen's of Thebes. Though fate brought our beloved King Oedipus to unavoidable tradegy, he will be remembered as a true leader and hero devoted to end his people's suffering.
2) Richard Wilbur's short poem "The Writer" is about the poet's young daughter's challenging journey through her quest to become an established writer.The poet achieves this perception through the use of extended metaphors. Wilbur writes "From her shut door a commotion of typewriter keys- like a chain hauled over a gunwale" (5). The poet goes on to say "Of her life is a great cargo, and some of it heavy: I wish her a lucky passage" (10). He further displays the extended metaphor towards the end of the poem by stating "It lifted off from a chair-back, Beating a smooth course for the right window and clearing the sill of the world" (30). The term gunwale is described as a nautical term meaning the top edge of a side of a boat. As shown, comparison is made with the the unlike objects of the typewriter keys and gunwale with that of the daughter's journey through references of heavy cargo, a smooth course and "clearing the sill of the world."
He was a man of great courage and valor who fought to strengthen our kingdom and end suffering. Oedipus's tremendous
skill of wit and charm resulted in the death of the Sphinx who had held Thebes in it's clutches preventing the city's freedom and prosperity.
He is predeceased by both his mother and father and fondly remembered not only by his four children, Eteocles, Polynices, Antigone and Ismene but by the adoring citizen's of Thebes. Though fate brought our beloved King Oedipus to unavoidable tradegy, he will be remembered as a true leader and hero devoted to end his people's suffering.
2) Richard Wilbur's short poem "The Writer" is about the poet's young daughter's challenging journey through her quest to become an established writer.The poet achieves this perception through the use of extended metaphors. Wilbur writes "From her shut door a commotion of typewriter keys- like a chain hauled over a gunwale" (5). The poet goes on to say "Of her life is a great cargo, and some of it heavy: I wish her a lucky passage" (10). He further displays the extended metaphor towards the end of the poem by stating "It lifted off from a chair-back, Beating a smooth course for the right window and clearing the sill of the world" (30). The term gunwale is described as a nautical term meaning the top edge of a side of a boat. As shown, comparison is made with the the unlike objects of the typewriter keys and gunwale with that of the daughter's journey through references of heavy cargo, a smooth course and "clearing the sill of the world."