Ave Maria

ALLORI, Alessandro. Annunciation. 1603.
Oil on canvas. Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence.

Advent meditation, day two: consider Allori's depiction of the divine interruption by Gabriel and the humble response of Mary. In this painting we are reminded of Mary's beautiful submission to the Divine calling on her life.

Agenda:

1. Pray
2. Improve and correct Beowulf exams for credit. You can show your mistakes and corrects in an oral interview for credit. Due by tomorrow. 
3. Ballad of the White Horse Project:
1. Choose any passage (1-3 pages, or 5-10 stanzas) that you particularly like. 
2. Read your passage in front of your fellow peeps (ante discipulos).
3. Discuss the meaning of your passage in the following ways:
1. What is the context of the passage?
2. What do you love about it?
1. Sonic Elements: beautiful lines (alliteration, rhyme, word choice)
2. Visual Elements: images of strong, beautiful, sad things
3. Intellectual Elements: arguments the poet is making, contrasts ("but" or "yet" or "turns" in the poem)
3. What does your passage add to BWH as a whole?
4. Work on The Ballad of the White Horse Project
5. Lecture on Book III of Ballad of the White Horse  
1. Take notes on the rap battle
6. Review HW:
1. Work on BWH Project. Due on Friday (12/6)!
2. Review and study notes on The Ballad
3. Be good.