Today I really enjoyed The Skeleton in Armor by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. First off, the rhyme scheme made it pretty nice to read considering it's not one you'd hear often so it flowed really nicely. I didn't really understand it until Mrs. Williams told us what it was about stanza by stanza. But once I caught on to what was happening I really liked the story it told. It was all about how he was a Viking who was very dangerous and skilled. But one day he fell in love with a princess but couldn't get acceptance from the king for her hand in marriage. The ending was but wasn't very realistic to me. I could not imagine the Viking just finding a tower and getting it for them to live in, but I really enjoy the fact (sadly) that she dies after having the kid. I seem to enjoy things that do not just turn out happily ever after. Which is how this ended, with her dying and him not being able to live without her which thus causes him to commit suicide.
I really like the way Mrs. Williams went over it stanza by stanza. Made for a better understanding of the story from my perspective.
I totally agree with you about Ms. Williams explaining the poem better, i really enjoyed how the man made a story about this skeleton and all of the adventures that the skeleton went on!
ReplyDeleteHe built the tower...and I'm glad you liked the poem.
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