Poe and The Aeneid

For class we have been reading The Aeneid by Virgil. These next responses are for the RWLV.

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It seems Virgil's epic was a big hit. Artists had drawn inspiration from the epic and created pictures or sculptures based on it. If I was Virgil I would be feeling awesome knowing my piece of writing inspired some of the greatest pieces of art work in the world. My favorite piece of art work would have to be the sculpture of  Aeneas, Anchises, and Ascanius, because it shows all three generations together. To me it shows what the whole family has been through. The son carrying his father with his son at his feet close behind.

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I would say that "Dido's Lament" does describe the mood at that point in the play. I think this because the lyrics themselves deal with what Dido just went through and now she is telling her people not to worry about her. I think the black and white version is the best mainly because she sings the whole song, while I the color version she only sings the Aria part over and over again. If the color version did that then it would have been the best because I believe color allows viewers to see the actors expressions better. Now both of them would have been better if they had had the part where she stabs herself. I think that would have helped set the mood some more.

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Now this week I read Fairy Land and Fairy-Land by Edgar Allen Poe. I read them both because they have the same name with only a hyphen that makes them different. To me both poems are talking about fantasies. Like in Fairy Land to me he sounds as if he can hardly believe her beauty. Almost as if she has come from a place only in his dreams. Then In Fairy-Land there are lines from Fairy Land to me sounds like they are describing a land for away and how one the prettiest creatures has come from that place. Both of these poems are so sweet with the words that are used. Plus it rhymes most of the time so it adds a good beat to the whole thing.