pages tagged homeworkPhilowixianhttp://www.columbia.edu/cu/philo/tags/homework/Philowixianikiwiki2012-12-12T07:00:31ZHomework Assignment #1http://www.columbia.edu/cu/philo/phlog/2008/01/homework-assignment-1/2008-01-29T14:06:00Z2008-01-29T14:06:00Z
Write a poem according to the following specifications:<br /><br />10 lines long<br />the following 8 words must appear in the poem (noun, verb, whatever, however--just put them there): <br /><br />lifetime<br />wolf<br />cloudbank<br />spare<br />whisper<br />damage<br />wrap<br />risk<br /><br />Only one of the above 8 words can appear in a given line, and then only once.<br />That means: at least EIGHT of the lines will have exactly ONE of the words (either of the other two may have up to 1 each).<br /><br />and...GO!
A sub-par analysis of Shakespeare's Twentieth Sonnethttp://www.columbia.edu/cu/philo/phlog/2008/01/sub-par-analysis-of-shakespeares/2008-01-16T13:54:00Z2008-01-16T13:54:00Z
<span>I dug this nugget up from three computers ago. I hope I didn't get a good grade on this assignment. I totally didn't get The Bard back then. </span><br /><br />Sonnet #20<br />A woman's face with Nature's own hand painted <span> </span>1<br />Hast thou, the master-mistress of my passion; <span> </span>2<br />A woman's gentle heart, but not acquainted <span> </span>3<br />With shifting change, as is false women's fashion; <span> </span>4<br />An eye more bright than theirs, less false in rolling, <span> </span>5<br />Gilding the object whereupon it gazeth; <span> </span>6<br />A man in hue, all 'hues' in his controlling, <span> </span>7<br />Much steals men's eyes and women's souls amazeth. <span> </span>8<br />And for a woman wert thou first created; <span> </span>9<br />Till Nature, as she wrought thee, fell a-doting,<span> </span>10<br />And by addition me of thee defeated, <span> </span>11<br />By adding one thing to my purpose nothing. <span> </span>12<br /> But since she prick'd thee out for women's pleasure, 13<br /> Mine be thy love and thy love's use their treasure.<span> </span>14 <p class="MsoNormal">Paraphrase:</p><p class="MsoNormal">Lines 1-2: You have a cute face like a woman.<br />Lines 3-4: You are kindhearted like a woman, but you do not have mood swings.<br />Lines 5-6: I can see your sincerity in your beautiful eyes.<br />Lines 7-8: It is hard not to look at a woman.<br />Lines 9-10: The creation of woman was an accident.<br />Lines 11-12: You have defeated me.<br />Lines 13-14: Nature decided that it is natural for a man and woman to be intimate, so I will love you but not have sex with you. </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Although I love you, I will still sleep with women because it is natural.</p><br /><span>Yeah, I totally missed the point</span><br /><p class="MsoNormal"></p><span>-R' Rutta</span>