Keats' Song

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The Power of Creation

For all the beauty that appears within my days,
Has taught me to see the world in many ways.
With the smiling sun and swaying trees,
The calm wind blows across the crystal seas;
And I can't help but to stop and think sometimes
About my life, which plays a melody of chimes.
To what nature brings is a feeling that seemingly abides
With me always as i take my lifelong strides.
When my life has reached those doubts and fears,
I look to His creation to help dispose my tears.
By glancing at what His nature has to please,
With the cool winter chill and light summer breeze.
Throw down all the pain, and just rise above;
To experience the true joy, peace, and love.


Keats, John. "On First Looking into Chapman's Homer." British Literature. Ed. Ronald A. Horton. 2nd ed. Greenville, SC: BJU Press, 2003. 575. Print. 

Percy Bysshe Shelley Resume

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Born: 4 August 1792

Hometown: Horsham, Sussex, England

Education:

Eton College (1804-1810)

Oxford University (1810-1811)

Experience, Skills, and Interests:

Writer of many books and other works 

Vegetarianism 

Non-conformity in beliefs and ideas

Romantic author

Written Works:

Zastrozzi (1810)
St. Irvyne (1811)
The Necessity of Atheism (1811)
An Address, to the Irish People (1812)
Queen Mab (1813)
Alastor (1814)
The Revolt of Islam (1818)
Ozymandias (1818)
The Masque of Anarchy (1819)
Men of England (1819)
Rosalind and Helen (1819)
Prometheus Unbound (1820)
Adonais (1821)
Epipsychidion (1821)
Hellas: A Lyrical Drama (1822)

Works Cited

Horton, Ronald Arthur. "Percy Bysshe Shelley." Introduction. British Literature. Greenville, SC: BJU Press, 2003. 565-67. Print.

"Percy Bysshe Shelley Major Works." Shmoop: Study Guides & Teacher Resources. Web. 18 Jan. 2011.
<http://www.shmoop.com/percy-bysshe-shelley/major-works.html>.

"Percy Bysshe Shelley." Poets.org - Poetry, Poems, Bios & More. Web. 18 Jan. 2011. <http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/179>.

Byron Poem

"The True Love"

Fake and cold is what you are,
That is what you show.
The love you said was going far,
But our love doesn't grow.

Why does it have to be like this,
With all the push and shove?
Do I really need to address,
That this is not true love!?

True and real is what you need,
To get your fake heart right.
Just take my hand and follow my lead,
Into the joy and light!

There's one more thing I need to say
In order for you to see;
This feeling that has come my way,
Love that will last an eternity!


The poem that I wrote, "The True Love", was based off the romantic tenet of "the natural over the artificial". It demonstrated true love (the natural) at the end of the poem and fake love (the artificial) at the beginning. The poem started off explaining how fake love has no purpose and how it instigates many problems. After realizing that fake love was worthless, the idea of true love was brought forward. The natural, or true love, brings a lifetime full of happiness, which definitely proves that the natural is over the artificial.

Byron, Lord. "On This Day I Complete My Thirty-Sixth Year." British Literature. Ed. Ronald A. Horton. 2nd ed. Greenville, SC: BJU Press, 2003. 562-563. Print.

Old China Voicemail

 

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

The Life-Changing Evening

One cozy summer evening, seventeen year-old Jeff was dancing around the house, excited that the big day he was waiting for has finally arrived. His parents have left that afternoon to Ontario for a business trip, leaving Jeff at home alone for the upcoming weekend. Without wasting much time, he called his girlfriend, Vannessa, to authenticate the secret rendezvous at his house. Awaiting for her arrival, Jeff scrambled around the house and tried to make it look as nice as possible. Seeing that shiny blue sedan pull up in the driveway brought instant joy to Jeff. They both decided to start the night of with a romantic movie. Thinking that they might get a little thirsty during the movie, but also knowing that wine "spices" up a romantic night, Jeff went to the cellar and grabbed some wine to be used as refreshments. He got a couple of wine glasses and poured some wine into each, then sat down next to her, and started the movie. Becoming drunk during the movie, the couple's judgements were affected. When the movie ended, Jeff insisted that Vannessa should spend the night since it was late already. They both got their drunk bodies into bed together and certain undocumented "actions" happened throughout the night. Waking up in a daze the next morning, Jeff and Vannessa got out of bed and thought a little about what occured during the night. Being typical teenagers, they both shook it off and went on with their lives.
A couple weeks later, Jeff got a call from Vannessa, "I'm pregnant Jeff!"
"What?! How?! Why?!" replied Jeff in a shocked voice. They eventually sorted things out over the phone and were excited for the arrival of the baby.
When Jeff's parents found out about what happened that weekend they were gone, they were furious. At first, they wanted to beat him up and yell at him. But after thinking about what Jesus would do, they decided to show him God's Word and the importance of life. "You will need to support this child and raise him up," said the parents, "And now that you have sinned against God, you will pay the punishment." Jeff had to get a job and save up his money for this upcoming baby. He also had to give up his freedom-filled high school days, and start working like a parent. Working at the nearby landfill, Jeff worked full eight-hour days in the hot sun at minimum wage. Realizing that this was the punishment for his sin, Jeff got on his knees and repented to the Lord. "I'm sorry Lord for what I have done, it is all my fault. I miss all my friends, I miss all the freedom I had at home, I wish I could go to school instead of working all day at this landfill! Please forgive me for what I have done that night. Forgive me please! Thank you Lord for forgiving me and your abundance of grace and mercy."
Several months later, Vannessa gave birth to the baby daughter. With the Lord's help, Jeff and Vannessa did their best to support their daughter with everything that she needed. As time went on, both Jeff and Vannessa made promises to keep eachother obligated for one another in the spiritual walk with God. God blessed their family with a healthy Christian daughter and, most importantly, the gift of everlasting life.

Common Things in an Uncommon Light

This is a picture of a beautiful pasture with the sky in the background, which is a common setting. After playing around with some of the effects and brightness of the photo, I turned this common setting into something a little different. I used FotoSketcher to edit this photo.
I personally think that Wordsworth is definitely a unique person. His poems have an awkward touch to it, along with some anomalous perspectives in which he uses to describe the events.

Image from: http://www.manywallpapers.com/nature-wallpapers/spring/sky-from-grass.html

Blake Video Response

Sorry, a bug was flying on my screen during the recording, which resulted in the soft beeping sounds. I have a touch-screen computer, so the bug was pressing buttons on the screen.
 

Works Cited:

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