A Shakespearean Sonnet
About "The Allegory of the Cave"
An interesting
and beneficial conversation between Glaucon and Socrates
Can we ever
be sure of what we see?
Plato’s
brother and hero discussing truth, life, and all its anomalies
But what do
all of these extended metaphors mean for you and me?
What is more
real to the freed prisoner, the shadows or the fire?
We can’t envision
reality unless we unchain ourselves
Seeing is
believing unless our thoughts do their job to inspire
Because our
new ideas go where all learning dwells
Not all life’s
answers are revealed in the “Allegory of the Cave”
Plato can’t
address all the world’s problems in The
Republic
But Plato
and Socrates do what they know is brave
And they
help thinking today even more fantastic
A story that
has been around for more than two thousand years
Shows us
today how we can go about conquering our fears
First of all I love your relaxing profile background. You have a very fun and interesting way of tackling Preston's assignments! Nicely done. What would you say was Plato's purpose to writing the allegory? http://emarquezrhsenglitcomp.blogspot.com/
ReplyDeleteJacob, I like how your sonnet has the rhyming words! The last couplet concludes your sonnet well.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Erica, your blog is relaxing! What is your strategy for the vocabulary final? mkagawarhsenglitcomp.blogspot.com
How do you think writing a sonnet about it helped you learn more about "The Allegory of the Cave"?
ReplyDeleteThe sonnet helped me understand the Allegory of the cave better because I really had to search in my brain what I thought was the main idea of the text. I decided that I would stick with the idea of the cave being the ignorance of the world and people wanting to get out of that cave unlike the prisoners in the cave. Thanks for asking :)
It fits the description of a sonnet and I liked it overall, especially the couplet at the end
ReplyDeleteOh and by the way I really like your sonnet. 3 quatrains and a couplet. Nice job!
ReplyDeleteI think this is a good sonnet because it starts from the beginning which is the conversation between socrates and Glaucon and ends with what their conversation has taught society today.
Wow, one of the longer sonnets, good work! I like the background of your blog! http://druckersrhsenglitcomp13.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteGood job with your sonnet! I really liked it. Good use of vocab.
ReplyDeleteI like your blog. I get ideas from it all the time. You are a very good writer. Keep up the hard work!
Jacob, I really liked your sonnet, it was really well written and showed you understood the meaning and the structure of a sonnet very well! I think your use of imagery and figurative language really made your sonnet come to life!
ReplyDeleteI think your blog is a very pretty blue color! I also like how you include other things then just the things assigned! I was wondering how you were going to study for voacbulary?
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Great diction and the couplet at the end stole the show! The sonnet itself follows all the rules, good job.
ReplyDeleteJacob, good job on your sonnet it seemed to be well thought out.
ReplyDeleteI like your blog it is simple and to the point. How do you plan to study for the vocab final? here is a link to my blog http://rnolanrhsenglitcomp.blogspot.com/
Your sonnet conveyed the meaning of "Allegory of the Cave." You followed the fourteen lines, but one critique is that you didn't follow the iambic pentameter. Overall good job! Your blog is simple and really easy to identify information that I would be searching for on your blog. The question I have for you is what will you do to contribute to our literary circle? Come check out my blog sometime! It is ksagisirhsenglitcomp.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteJacob, I like your sonnet almost as much as I like you as a person :D. its great, your reference to Plato's Republic made me look it up. Why do you think rhetorical questions are so effective? You can see my blog at http://eyirhsenglitcomp.blogspot.com/
ReplyDeleteHey man, your sonnet holds true to the Shakespearean style, and I really enjoyed your thought process that conveyed Plato's text so well! Do you believe that seeing is believing? Or is there something else that speaks to you about the Allegory of the Cave as far as reality goes?
ReplyDeleteI hadn't even thought about actually addressing Plato text so directly. Very creative Jacob! Can I get your feedback on mine? http://www.snicholsrhsenglitcomp.blogspot.com/
ReplyDeleteHello fellow classmate!
ReplyDeleteI invite you to go check out my blog post “thinking outside the box” and “No exit Notes+Questions.” http://emarquezrhsenglitcomp.blogspot.com/
Thank you,
Erica