Laments

Psalm 143 is most widely known as being one of the seven Penitential Psalms. As Psalm 143 falls into this grouping, it also means that it is considered a lament of repentance. While there is not an obvious transgression that David, the writer of the Psalm, is begging for repentance for, it is clearly shown through his words that he needs God to intercede in his life and save him from his transgressions and predicaments. Through his imploring of God to save him, David does not lose hope—he still…

Psalms 8 was a very straightforward piece and fairly easy to shuffle through. This directly influenced my reaction and decision to do this piece. I figured that it would be a simple piece to rewrite, plus it was short enough that this would be a doable task. My initial reaction to this chapter was a sense of impression. I wasn’t expecting all the things the author was able to pull in with only nine verses. They traveled from babies, to space, the heavens, and to humans and animals. They were…

my opinion. His words in regards to the newborn are quite controversial. He moves on to his schooling. He picked up Latin fairly well, but detested Greek. He was very stubborn and his Teachers in Thagaste would beat him for being disobedient. He laments how at this time in his life, teachers taught boys to glorify material things and superficial pursuits. He uses The Odyssey as an example of how he was supposed to admire Odysseus, who was…

Early periods show men having control over love, or marriage, while the women patiently awaits the man’s decision. Later periods show women having a strong voice and stance towards love and marriage due to society’s acceptance or adaption. The Wife’s Lament, Eliduc, and Pamphilia and to Amphilanthus (“Sonnet 16”) deal with the hunt for love, but they express them in different ways. The poems may…

the most knightly behavior. He stood in for King Arthur to cut the Green Knight’s head off then later go find him and let him cut his head off. The role and responsibility of women was very small in medieval literature. In the poem “The Wife’s Lament”, the wife’s in-laws didn’t like her so they told a lie to her husband to get…

still” and started the second line with “and I wandered” since the meaning is semantically understood from the context. As for line seven, I moved “I wept from” to the following line and to add musicality to the line I changed the word “wept” to “lament” since the latter has two syllables. Additionally, I kept the numbers of the lines as they appear in the original and I tried to be faithful to the length of each…

In the first passage Jeremiah begins his lament by crying out to God for protection. Jeremiah knows that the words he speaks do not fall kindly on the people of Israel. Simply preaching in the name of the Lord could get Jeremiah killed. Jeremiah is the object of an assassination plot, so he prays to his God for protection. He shows that he has immense trust in the Lord and trusts God with his life. In the second passage, 15: 10-21, there is another plea to God. In both of these passages…

the sea. In “The Seafarer,” the narrator states “drifting through winter/ on an ice-cold sea, whirled in sorrow, / Alone in a world…Hung with icicles” (14-17). The sea has separated him from the world and left his life hung in sorrow. “The Wife’s Lament” also shares this motif stating “I ever suffered grief through banishment… Over the sea, each dawn have I had care/ Wondering where my lord may be on land” (5- 8). Although the motif of exile is portrayed in each work, each work has a different…

dead,” gives us clarity to its boldness. (Millay 134). In all sadness it is a relevant poem to the lives of many as most of Millay’s poems are. Death is a common subject, and if today is any testimony, a big money maker. Here is one more line from “Lament,” “Life must go on, though good men die; Anne, eat your breakfast; Dan, take your medicine; Life must go on” (Millay 134). Death in simple terms is confronted bluntly to those that remain after. Millay finally discussed death through…

ambassador to the Turkish Sultan's court in Constantinople in the 16th Century were written between the years 1555-1562. The letters give not only an insight into the Ottoman Empire’s superior military training in Busbecq’s eyes but also act as a lament of the Christian soldier’s lack of military disciple and the Christian forces use of heredity as advancement. Busbecq speaks glowingly of the disciple that the Janissaries of the Ottoman Empire. Busbecq describes how the Janissaries who were the…