You can't keep a good man down. Simplify, simplify, simplify !
A great post from September 25 (1851):
Some men are excited by the smell of burning powder, but I thought in my dream last night how much saner to be excited by the smell of new bread.
The translation we are using for class is a reasonably good one, but doesn't make the division of lines as clear as it could. The following translation should give you a better sense of what Old English poetry might look like:
Then the angry sea-wolf swam to the bottom carried to her den the lord of those rings, clutched him so hard he might not draw sword, no matter how heartstrong. Terrible water beasts attacked as they plunged, strange sea creatures
I've posted a timeline of the events of the classical foundations world to help give you a little bit of context. You don't need to know it, but you can download it here.
This map is a representation of the peak of the Islamic Caliphate, the territory controlled by Muslims at their peak, in about 720 CE, right before the Battle of Tours.
You can find a sample essay for the mind torn asunder prompt here.
Samples of Well-Written Essays
