'Twas Senior Skip Day, and all through the halls,
Not a shout was heard from inside the white walls.
Except for AP English where there was quite a sight,
As Ms. E. assigned a project we just couldn't fight.
To relate a million books that is our mission,
Obstaining from any contrite opposition.
Both Oeddy and Hamlet live in a monotonous land,
Where everyone tries to kiss the King's hand.
They chose to believe that everyone's alike,
And you should all know that's true...sike!
Overcoming the obstacles that they both face,
They discover their different and find their own place.
Nora, Cathy and Harreton are very controlled,
Like antiques at market they feel bought and sold.
Cast aside when others don't need them,
They feel incomplete like a dress with no hem.
Refusing to live just like a toy,
They say good-bye to grief, and hello joy!
Now on to those McCourts and don't discount Charlie,
Who all lived in places of great poverty.
They showed without money, one can still live,
And even more impressive they can also still give.
Without luxuries they all showed complacence,
And managed to radiate a great deal of patience.
To uncover the message hidden within,
One must observe the whole body, and not just the skin.
Look at Oeddy, Hamlet and Alceste
Marlow, Heathcliff and Grandma oh yes!
They all relate to offer some help,
But first you must look deep inside of yourself!
Tess the Maiden innocent and pure,
full of pride and earthly, handsome beauty.
She of Durbeyfield, the fates lil lure,
walks uprightly through her life with loyalty.
At the May-Day dance, came angel band,
one of which decides to stay and dance.
Taking the first that came to hand,
Tess not one, she never gets a chance.
Durbeyfield turned d’Urberville in name,
Tess must go to find a way to aid.
Tess must go to kin with untrue claim,
not knowingly falls in Alec’s dark shade.
Bringing evil in one’s healthy life,
Alec full of riches, so well groomed,
has his way with every strife,
Tess being the one pure life he so gloomed.
Going back home to forget what happened,
but has proof that she is “Maiden No More.”
Leaving once again, for she felt threatened,
finds the angel she had seen long before.
An intruder in the country life,
Angel set apart form those around him;
With his clerical family out on strive,
joins the farmers as his future casts grim.
Angel and Tess to be married at last;
Hopes and fears they want to give and share,
fails to meet the question three times ask’t.
Will this lead to pain no soul can bear?
Haunted by the incident of her past,
wanting to confess before the Big Day.
Never getting the note she slid at last,
she confesses the night of the Big Day.
Nervous tension in the air so thick,
caused by marriage vows that are so bent.
Tess and Angel make not their love stick,
if he were dead it might be diff’rent.
Father gone and dead, no place to go,
Where’s help for Tess has none to receive?
Where’s hope for Angel is a now show?
There’s despair for Alec will not leave.
Blaming herself for how wrong she’d been,
suffering every day for Angel’s turn back.
Tess at last realized the truth not seen,
answered with a “monstrously” attack!
Alec convincing Tess that Angel won’t come,
making a mistake for winning her back.
But when Tess’s true love returned back home,
Tess strikes Alec with a violent attack!
After Tess is punished, “’Justice’ was done,”
but was justice really served for Tess?
Though her lips were sealed forever and gone,
injuries she faced were worse than Alec’s!
This poem about the novel Tess of the d'Urbervilles parallels to Wuthering Heights though the themes reveled in each novel. One such theme is violence. Like the violent relationship between Tess and Alec, there were several violent relationships in Wuthering Height. Not only the violent relationships in the novel but also physical violence in general. One such instance is when Heathcliff abused Linton for his leniency towards Young Cathy and letting her escape Wuthering Heights. Besides from violence, there
exist several other similarities such as relevance of status and name. Status and money played a great role in the life of Heathcliff, for he aimed for it. Like Heathcliff, Alec also changed his last name to Durbeyfield, for it was a more respectable and higher status name. Furthermore, Alec brought "evil in one's healthy life"-- that 'one' being Tess. He took an advantage
to Tess's innocence and naivety. Similarly, Heathcliff brought evil in
Isabella's life, taking advantage of her love for him. Like Tess fell into
Alec's "dark shade," Isabella fell for Heathcliff's bad intentions.
The Week Before the Holidays
'Twas the week till the Holidays and all through West Brook
Not a student was studying, not opening a book
But the AP students, always using their heads,
Were busy making connections between things they had read
Edna and Alceste, who society tried to restrain,
Wished to break free so their beliefs they could maintain
Hamlet and Steinbeck on their journeys through life
With each in the midst of some kind of strife
Without social status or standing in mind
They easily connected with all of mankind
Typical mothers, protective and caring,
Their beloved children from pain they were sparing
Isabella to Linton, Gertrude to Ham-Let
The duties of motherhood they readily met
When, what to my wondering eyes should appear,
They're leaving their homes they once held so dear
Edna, and Isabella, under conditions, could not stay
So, self-discovery and independence in mind, they went away.
We can find theme and tone I sunshine of rain,
But most importantly of all we can call the works by name:
"Now, Misanthrope! Now Awakening!
Now, Hamlet and Tale of Two Cities!
On, Oedipus! On, Doll's House!
On, Sandbox and Travels with Charley!
To the top of the porch! To the top of the wall!
Now dash away! Dash away! Dash away all!"
Today in society there are still some rules
Which one must follow or be branded a fool
Self-discovery stays important for people our age
Searching for ourselves, preparing for life's stage
Both Torvald and "the children" are completely unaware
Of the powerful feelings which Nora and Grandma bear
Though Hamlet and Rank's worlds 'round Ophelia and Nora revolved
Through their love they wished to help them, but could not get involved
Cathy is to Heathcliff, and Celimene to Alceste,
Both loves they longed for but for reasons could not posses
Sydney truly loved Lucy
While Oedipus's love was for his city
In order for their loves to live
It was their "lives" they chose to give
These works we have read allows us to see
That respect within families is how it should be
We all hope to find such a great affection
That its strength points us in the right direction
Now all things said and done,
In hopes that we'll get a one-o-one
We'd like to say, on a note that is light:
"Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night!"
