"When shall I tread your Garder Path? Or climb your shelter hill? When shall I wander, free as air, and track the foaming rill?" (294)
I love the spirit of Dorothy Wordsworth. Although she had been feeble for five years at this point, she still had a desire and belief to walk again. She refused to accept her present day situation as her last will and testament to life. How often do we see someone in a physically or emotionally "lame" situation who seem to have given up? No matter how much we tell them to "keep hope alive" or it will get better, they seem determined to focus on the agony of 'right now'. This guy at church was operated on by his doctor, and the doctor "messed up" and left the guy crippled and in a wheelchair. Regardless of the awful situation, this guy still came to church with a smile on his face saying he would walk again. Months went by but he now is walking with a cane. I so glad, that like Dorothy Wordsworth, he maintained the hope that eventually became a reality.
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Sherri,
Good start in this discussion of Dorothy Wordsworth's poem. Although you don't follow up in as much depth or detail as in some of your other posts, you demonstrate a thoughtful engagement with the poem.
I really enjoyed reading this blog but wish you had shared more insights! I think you were definitely on the right track here! Good work!
I like where you were going with this blog, but i think that you could have continued to speak about
Dorothy Wordsworth and what she was emotional about and why it was hard for her to keep faith. Cause if someone else that have never heard this quote before may enjoy it but also probley be lost and left wondering.
I like how you looked at Dorothy Wordworth's poems. I agree that it is much better to look at life in a better way but sometimes that can be difficult to do. I liked how you realated her to someone you know personally. If I was that poor guy, I do not think that I would always have a smile on my face...those people just seem to be special.
I like your speeach ,it touches my heart.
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