Help with School

[TheGimp]

Well everyone today for speech class our Teacher instructed us to hand-in a brief introduction including background information, where excerpt came from, author's background, why you chose the piece so if anyone has any thoughts feel free i have about 5 days to do this i am just unsure on what i want to choose i was thinking about reading The Inferno by Dante Alighieri but i am still unsure any suggestions is more then welcome

[jynxxxedangel]

The Inferno is way over-used, and way overdone.

How are you feeling about your life, right now? Also, how many paragraphs must the piece of literature be? These things are important information, for anyone to point you toward the correct pieces of literature.

Edited July 27, 2009 by jynxxxedangel

[TheGimp]

The Inferno is way over-used, and way overdone.

How are you feeling about your life, right now? Also, how many paragraphs must the piece of literature be? These things are important information, for anyone to point you toward the correct pieces of literature.

I am feeling alright with my life its not quite were i want it but its getting there as far as all the info here it is

Due Week 6

- 1-2 minutes

- use delivery cues

- hand-in brief introduction including background information, where excerpt came from, author's background, why you chose the piece

- examples: poem, sermon, essay, song lyrics, passage, story, etc.

dose not have to be any certain ammount of paragraphs i just have to be able to deliver a 1-2 minute speech

Edited July 27, 2009 by TheGimp

[Raev]

As I'm sure you know, The Inferno is just part of The Divine Comedy. If you are going to go with Dante, I'd use something from Purgatorio (Purgatory) or Paradiso (Paradise).

[TheGimp]

As I'm sure you know, The Inferno is just part of The Divine Comedy. If you are going to go with Dante, I'd use something from Purgatorio (Purgatory) or Paradiso (Paradise).

mmm hmm i was just curious as to see if anyone else knows of any good poetry, sermon, essays, song lyrics, passages, story's

[TitsMcGee]

There were many good poems and stories by Poe, if you're into that you might want to check it out.

[Raev]

Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Personal favorite.

[TheGimp]

that was a good piece reav i like poe to hes very talented

[jynxxxedangel]

What about Beowulf (author unknown), The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser, or even The Canterbury Tales, by Geoffrey Chaucer?

[Joey Deadcat]

Barnacle Bill.

[jynxxxedangel]

Barnacle Bill.

:hrhr:

Who's that knocking at my door?

[Guest Megalicious]

Anyone that knows me well knows what I am about to say.... Arthur Rimbaud.

His poetry divine.

His life story - interesting.

He had passion, fire and a free spirit. He did what he wanted WHEN he wanted, with no reservations about what others thought of him. He was fearless....

When is week 6?

If you want, in all seriousness I can help you, though I am not great writer I did get an A in Comp (even if my teacher was a megabeast). If you need help just shoot a PM my way. I will be more then happy to help you on any piece you so choose. *smiles*

[StormKnight (1)]

Being a bit into ancient/classical literature, you could recite a stanza from the La Commedia Divina in its original Italian. Kind of rolls off the tongue. While Inferno has been overused, most of what I have seen overused as direct quotes from the translations (not locations, circles, and evilpockets, which are summarized,) is the inscription on the Gates of Hell. I have seen few directly quote the description of Lucifer (whose name means Light, which gets me into a discussion of Death Note's Light Yagami that is beyond the current scope,) and *why* he chews on Judas, Brutus, and Cassius, or why it is so cold in his part of Hell. But if you can find something in either Purgatario or Paridiso that strikes your fancy, go for it.

Now, as for other classical pieces; parts from The Odyssey, perhaps? Or maybe an excerpt from Shakespeare? I am not into modern poetry as much as others, so I tend to look to my old, dusty books for such passages. Or maybe some Lovecraft?

Edited July 28, 2009 by StormKnight

[jynxxxedangel]

A perennial favourite of mine is The Art of War, by Sun Tzu.

Also good reading, is The Prince, by Niccolò Machiavelli.

Both are profound and useful, for anyone who wants to be an influential person.

[Joey Deadcat]

The Prince, by Niccolò Machiavelli.

Head Wreck, you keep her and you keep her forever - never let go!

[jynxxxedangel]

Another perennial favourite:

The Tyger, by William Blake

Tyger! Tyger! burning bright,

In the forests of the night,

What immortal hand or eye

Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

In what distant deeps or skies

Burnt the fire in thine eyes?

On what wings dare he aspire?

What the hand dare seize the fire?

And what shoulder, and what art?

Could twist the sinews of thy heart?

And when thy heart began to beat,

What dread hand, and what dread feet?

What the hammer? What the chain?

In what furnace was thy brain?

What the anvil? What dread grasp

Dare its deadly terrors clasp?

When the stars threw down their spears,

And watered heaven with their tears,

Did he smile his work to see?

Did he who made the Lamb, make thee?

Tyger! Tyger! burning bright,

In the forests of the night,

What immortal hand or eye

Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?

[TygerLili]

Another perennial favourite:

The Tyger, by William Blake

Tyger! Tyger! burning bright,

In the forests of the night,

What immortal hand or eye

Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

In what distant deeps or skies

Burnt the fire in thine eyes?

On what wings dare he aspire?

What the hand dare seize the fire?

And what shoulder, and what art?

Could twist the sinews of thy heart?

And when thy heart began to beat,

What dread hand, and what dread feet?

What the hammer? What the chain?

In what furnace was thy brain?

What the anvil? What dread grasp

Dare its deadly terrors clasp?

When the stars threw down their spears,

And watered heaven with their tears,

Did he smile his work to see?

Did he who made the Lamb, make thee?

Tyger! Tyger! burning bright,

In the forests of the night,

What immortal hand or eye

Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?

Yay! Someone else knows this poem. See, people, there's a reason I spelled the "Tyger" in "TygerLili" that way.

[unholycookie]

There once was a man from ireland. He's balls where made of fine brass. In stormy weather, they clang together and sparks flue out his ass!

by unholycookie

PS i was really board when i made this up.