Soph Lit:

Today in class:

We discussed the reading last night.

I reviewed the notes that I gave yesterday on the Russian Revolution.

We had a short quiz on both.

We talked about the author, and I showed a documentary on his life and influences.

HW: Please read ch 3 and 4.

World of Shakespeare:

Today in class:

We had a quiz on your Shakespeare terms.

I defined an aside, and we broke into small groups to create a skit that featured an aside. We discussed how an aside can produce comedy. We also talked about a new concept: suspension of disbelief. This is important to realize- especially in a comedy. If you question things with a rational mind, large holes begin to emerge in any of his plays.

We finished Act 1.

HW: Please read Act 2 and have a general understanding of events.

Soph Lit

Today in class:

I collected All My Sons and had closing thoughts on the play.

I passed out our first novel: Animal Farm.

I gave notes on the book and we talked about Revolution.

I defined a fable, and we wrote short examples in class. Remember- the moral is the most important aspect of a fable.

Journals will be back this Wed.

HW: Please read Ch 1+2 in Animal Farm. Expect a 10 question comprehension quiz Tuesday.

World of Shakespeare:

Today in class:
We looked at a clip from the film The Empire Strikes Back. Specifically, we examined Yoda and his reverse speach.

We reviewed terms for your quiz tomorrow.

We broke into groups and looked for 5 examples of your 10 terms.

We continued acting Act 1.

HW: Study terms for quiz Tuesday.

Word O' the Week:

Diastema: [die-uh-STEE-mah]:
Noun. A gap between two adjacent teeth.

Think:

An ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain.

Soph Lit:

Today in class:

We finished the film.

We reviewed the questions on the test.

We took the All my Sons test during the last 1/2.

After vacation, we will be reading a book that you may have heard about in the news this month, Catcher in the Rye. Over vacation, please find time to ask different people about their opinion of the novel. Were they allowed to read it? Do they remember liking the book? Please be prepared to discuss different reactions on Monday.

Have a great vacation!

World of Shakespeare:

Today in class we played a game based on the hit TV show Survivor. Besides being a fun class before we head into vacation, this was designed to help you identify the different character parts in the play and to speculate on their relationships.

Due to the snow day, our quiz on the comedy terms will be Tuesday when we get back. I will go over them on Monday.

Have a great vacation!

Soph Lit:

Today in class:

Journal #10: "No moral system can rest solely on authority."
A.J. Ayer


I collected journals #1-#10. Please see me asap if you did not pass them in. I will have these back after vacation.

We finished watching the movie version of All My Sons. Tomorrow, you will have a test on the play. Please use the following to review tonight. You should be able to answer all questions:

All My Sons –Study Questions for the test on 2.12.10


1. Compromise is a theme in the play. Describe the compromise that three of the characters have had to make. What is your opinion of their compromise?

2. Do you think Chris and Ann will be happy together? Give reasons for your
answer based on the play.

3. Larry does not appear in the play but is mentioned. What is his role in the play?

4. What picture do we get of the American society?

5. Why is the play called “All My Sons”? How does the title reflect the human and moral issues of the play?

6. There are two different concepts in the play; on the one hand – idealism, and on the other – practicality. Classify each of the following characters – Chris, Ann, Joe, and Kate according to the above concepts. Do they undergo any change during the course of the play?

7. How do family loyalties conflict with other kinds of responsibilities (to one’s
principles, conscience, society) in this play? Give at least TWO examples.

8. Choose ONE of the following characters:
Joe Keller / Ann Deever / Chris Keller / Kate Keller / Jim Bayliss
a. Give a description of this character.
b. Choose a decision made by this character and state your opinion of it, giving reasons for your opinion.

World of Shakespeare:

Today:
We continued to look at comedy. We acted out Act 1 and I continued to answer any questions that you have.

We broke into small groups and generated examples of the terms covered.

Tomorrow, we will begin playing Survivor. Bring your best game face to class and be ready to have some fun before we break.

World of Shakespeare:

Survivor: Illyria

A fun game coming this Friday to your class (cue tv show intro music in background....)

Details soon....

Soph Lit:

Today in class:

Journal #9: "The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves."
Sophocles

We finished act 2. Block C had a quiz today, block D had this yesterday.

We came close to finishing the play. Review Thursday, test on Friday.

World of Shakespeare:

Today in class:
We defined 10 terms on the board. Please make sure that you have solid definitions. You will have a quiz on the terms this Friday.

We discussed comic timing and how a beat or pause can make the joke. The pacing of delivery of a joke has a strong impact on the comic effect in this play.

I asked you to break into small groups and develop 3 jokes that use timing for the humor.

HW: Please study the terms.

Show Choir

Congratulations to members of Show Choir in placing 2nd at Shepherd Hill!

Soph Lit:

Today in class:

We started with journal topic #8:
You are today where your thoughts have brought you. You will be tomorrow where your thoughts will take you....

We finished our discussion of stage directions in the play and why they are important.

We read/acted act 2.

World of Shakespeare:

Today in class:

We completed our Sonnet toss and wrapped up our discussion on stress and inflection.

I introduced some of the characters and themes in The Twelfth Night.

We started our first play with a shipwreck reenactment landing us on the magical shores of fictional Illyria.

I passed out the play and we began Act 1.

Word O' the Week:

Nous (Noos): Noun:
1. Mind, intellect 2. Common sense.

Think:

111,111,111 X 111,111,111= 12,345,678,987,654,321
Why?

Soph Lit:

Today in class:

Journal topic #7: Remix (chica-chica)
I asked you to take one line from each of you last 6 and put them together for journal 7. Additionally, I asked you to draw a symbolic representation of each of the lines underneath the entry. Please remember- you need a dedicated journal. I will collect these after 10 on Wednesday. Please make sure that you make up any that you may be missing by that point.

We then acted out act 2. Each group gave their 15 blocking notes to a different group and we all had a chance to try and incorporate an outside stage direction into your scene.

No weekend HW. You are reminded: If we work hard M-Thursday, no HW over weekends. Thanks for all of your early effort in class. Keep it up!

World of Shakespeare:

Today in class:

We reviewed the activity missed by our junior members yesterday during the assembly.

Today we focused on stress and inflection. I asked you to think of Juliet's scene where she is 1st told of her marriage to Paris. I suggested that they could be read in my differing ways: Sarcasm, defiance, submission, or anger. This is all done with how the words are said and the change in sound.

I then asked you to break into groups and I gave you all different scenarios. While we all had the same words, the meaning changed drastically when we changed the inflection and added stress.

I am posting a few examples- I hope the video is working for everyone.

Last, we did the sonnet toss assignment. Each person had to use their voice to "throw" their lines to another person in class. Based on how it was thrown, you were asked to react accordingly. I tried to also use this as an example on how often the person on stage without lines can often save a scene. This will be especially true as we approach The 12th Night next week and look at comedy and comic timing.

Good luck to Show Choir this weekend. Beat SH. :-)

Soph Lit:

Journal Topic #6:
"It is easier to pull down than to build up." Latin Proverb

We discussed stage direction, and how it is used in the play. Miller had a clear vision of his stage work, and went to great lengths to describe how they should be performed.

I broke you down into 6 groups and asked you to assign parts for pgs 37-44 in Act 2. Each group examined the stage direction and how it is used.

I asked you to add 15 additional stage directions in the play: movement, sounds, non-verbal actions, reactions, and specific directions on how lines should be read.

I collected HW from Wed.

World of Shakespeare:

Today in class:

We finished the last 5 minutes of Shakespeare in Heart and had a brief discussion on what it added to your understanding of the times.

I passed back your "Day in the Life" writing prompts. I asked you to become the character that you created, and we worked them into 5 scenes.

Sonnet toss: We defined inflection and stress. We tossed our lines across the room for another to catch.

HW: 1/2 page on what the line that you picked means to YOU.

Quote

Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a
vigorous mind.
by Samuel Johnson

Quote

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.
by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Quote

Education: that which reveals to the wise, and conceals from the
stupid, the vast limits of their knowledge.
by Mark Twain

Soph Lit:

Journal Topic #5:

"Find out what you like doing best and then get someone to pay you for doing it."

K. Whitehorn

We finished/went over your modern day casting list. Yesterday, I gave you an unlimited budget and asked you to cast all of the characters in Act 1. For each character, please list 3 traits/roles that they have that would be well suited for the part.

We read the 1st part of act 2 and discussed the role of the intermission in a play and how Miller used it.

Writing prompt: Please pick 3 events in the play that are "open problems" at the end of Act 1 and describe how you think they may be resolved in Acts 2 and 3 of the play.

One pg (H)
1/2 pg (S, CP)

World of Shakespeare:

Today we finished Shakespeare in Love. After the movie, we examined what life was like during this time.

I passed back your day in the life writing prompt. This character that you have become will next be worked into a small group scene- so make sure that you brush up on the details of your character.

Soph Lit:

Today in class:

We went over the questions on Act 1.

Journal topic #4: "They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel." Carl Buechner

Reminder: I will be collecting and grading your journals for every 10 entries. Please make sure that you keep up-to-date.

We began Act 2 in class.

At the end of class I gave you the following writing prompt:
Where do you think the play will go from here? Please think of at least 3 loose ends and attempt to resolve them.

World of Shakespeare:

Today in class:

We discussed the placement of you "sticky sonnets." We reviewed Ch 4 in Shakespeare Alive!!!! and had a quick quiz on your reading.

We talked briefly about the role of women in the theater.

We began watching the film Shakespeare in Love. Please look for some of the finer details that we have been discussing. The movie does a great job giving you a visual of what life was possibly like for a young writer in 1599.

HW: Please learn your fav sonnet line and have it ready.

NYTimes: Teenagers Speak Up on Salinger

From The New York Times:

Teenagers Speak Up on Salinger

Teenage readers share their thoughts about Holden Caulfield.

http://s.nyt.com/u/edM

Get The New York Times on your iPhone for free by visiting http://itunes.com/apps/nytimes

Sent from my iPhone

Soph Lit:

Today in class:

I checked your journals
Journal #3 What is the American Dream? How has it changed in the last 50 years?

We had a debate on if life is better today vs. 1950's.

Brief historical context of the play.

We broke into small groups and acted act 1 (pgs 25-35.)

Quick 5 question quiz on act 1.

No HW tonight.

World of Shakespeare:

Today in class we shared a sonnet from WS. I asked you to take your fav. line and broke you into groups to remix your line into a poem. Row 1 had the best:

Love in the Shadows of Heat (a sonnet mash up)

The spirit of love with a perpetual dullness.
Love is a babe, then might I not say so,
The one doth shadow of your beauty show,
If eyes corrupt by over partial looks.
Which from loves fire took heat perpetual.

Of course, this is not a sonnet. We went onto define a sonnet and took notes on the origin of theatre.

HW: Tonight, please read CH 5 in Shakespeare ALIVE!!!!!! You will read about the virgin queen, Queen Elizabeth. If it was not for her support of theatre, the world would have undoubtedly morphed into a much less entertaining place. Please be ready to talk about her rule and impact on theater.

Think:

In every Seinfeld episode there is a Superman.

Soph Lit:

Yesterday in class we continued to read Act 1 in All My Son's. We played a small review game that I call three strikes and we quiz. Both classes avoided a quiz with some solid offence.

Today we began class looking at Arthur Miller's declassified FBI files. We talked about his writing, and what may have led the government to fear his influence. As we read, please ask yourself if anything is "un-American."

The last part of class I introduced our journals. You will be keeping a daily journal in class that will be checked and graded periodically. There is no "right" answer..but you are expected to write a 1/2 page on the prompt. This is an easy paper grade, and as long as you keep up with it, it should be a very easy way to keep a great grade in my class. Please make sure that you have a dedicated notebook and that you have each day. You can't play if you don't have the equipment.

World of Shakespeare:

Yesterday we went down to the stage a played some acting games that were focused on trust and leadership. I will try to get us back down for class this Friday for part 2 of the exercise.

We also had our 1st in class writing assignment. I asked you to pick a character from your reading (ch 1 &2) and write a 1st person narrative from their perspective. I asked you to describe a day in the life of this person in one page.

HW Tuesday: Please read CH 3 in Shakespeare Alive!!!!!

Today, we discussed the little known factual information about Will. I also gave you a brief lecture on the history of theater. Please make sure that you review these notes for tonight.

Welcome!

A warm welcome to you all visiting for the first time. I enjoyed meeting you all today, and look forward to having you all in class.

World of Shakespeare:

The World of Shakespeare: Final Exam Review Sheet

Your final exam will ask you to answer 5 of 7 questions based on the plays and sonnets that we read in this course. To assist you in remembering, you may bring in one sheet of notes to remind you of specific plays and characters.

We read the following: Othello, Hamlet, The12th Night, Measure for Measure, The Taming of the Shrew, Romeo and Juliet (selections) and selected sonnets.

The following prompts are possible questions to consider (hint, hint):

Examine the relationship in terms of a timeline between Desdemona and Othello. Please make sure to examine the end of their relationship, and how specifically Othello believes she has not been faithful.


Please read the first page of each play. How is the opening in each play important to the story? Does it bring you in and make you interested? How? Please have specific examples from at least 3 plays.

Talk about what makes a Shakespearian tragedy. Please examine one tragedy in your study group and discuss how it fits.

Please define the following literary devices that Shakespeare uses:
Alliteration, simile, metaphor, reversed word, reversed sentence construction, classical allusion, personification, inflection, stress, aside, using language to show class and status in the play. Sonnet

Character can be defined by how one handles power. Look at 3 characters and make a list how each handles power.

Discuss the use of comedy in his plays. What ideas and specific plays hold up well and still make us laugh. Please use specific scenes in your discussions.

Please review important information on Shakespeare. Please work to define what we know about him. If you had to write his obituary, what would you list about his life?

Define a Shakespearian Sonnet. What did his sonnets reveal about him that his plays may not have? Pick a sonnet and be familiar enough with it that you could reference it in an answer.

World of Shakespeare:

Today for your quiz, I asked you to show act 4 in 32 seconds.

Tonight, please finish the play. We will be reviewing for the final Thursday.

Brit Lit:

Reminder: Final exam this Thursday. In class today we spent the entire block reviewing. Please make sure you study and have solid examples to use on the final.

Word O' the Week:

Selcouth [sel-kooth]: Adj. Unfamiliar, rare, strange. From Old English meaning seldom known.

Think:

Gilligan's 1st name was Willy. The Skipper- Jonas Grumby. Both were mentioned in the first episode, then never used again....

World of Shakespeare:

Today we performed your Act 3 scenes.

Please finish the play for Thursday at home.

We will be reviewing for the final this Friday Wed and Thurs.

Brit Lit:

Hold on tight and end in greatness: it is final week....

Today we broke into study groups and generated examples from 1984. Reminder: the novel was to be finished for today. Please make sure that you finish the book, as there will be questions on the final.

Last call on room 101 papers. These were due Friday and 10 points are deducted for each late day (weekends and holidays do not count)

Wed. we will be reviewing for the final exam. Please make sure that you have a notebook and pen handy, as we will be moving at a furious pace to cover the year. Please also have your anthology books for reference.

Final exam this Thursday....

I will be after school this Tuesday and Wednesday for anyone missing work or needing extra help on getting ready for the exam.

Thank You...

Thanks to Mr. Anderson for inviting me into his Economics class to help judge the presentations. I was very impressed at the great learning happening. Great job on all of the presentations.

WOS:

Today we began Act 3 in Measure for Measure. We again looked at tone and inflection and how it can often change what the character is saying. Before lunch, we broke into groups and speculated on how this "problem play" might resolve itself.

Friday we will be looking at one of the ONLY film adaptations of this often neglected play. Specifically, we will examine how each character is portrayed on film, and how that may be different from your initial view.

Brit Lit:

Today in class I gave my lecture on: How to take over the world, or at least a small town. We looked at propaganda and how it can be used to manipulate people. In the world of 1984, you will see many examples of this. As you watch the political discussions around our senate race, please look for how these things are being used, often right in front of you.

A Block typed their final draft of their room 101 paper. B Block will have the block Friday to type it then. If you were absent, please make sure that you finish this at home.

HW: Please continue your reading schedule in 1984.

Brit Lit:

Today we went over the following terms:

Characterization
--Method used to reveal/describe characters and their traits
Foreshadowing
--Hints of future events
*Irony
--Verbal--narrator/character says one thing, means another
--Dramatic--reader/audience knows things characters do not
--Situational--great difference between purpose of an action and the result
*Satire
--Author’s tone used to ridicule human/societal vice and/or weakness with
intent of causing change
*Paradox
--Statement that seems contrary to common sense yet may be true
War is Peace; Ignorance is Strength; Freedom is Slavery
Symbolism
--Representation of a concept/idea by an object
Metaphor
--Comparison/relationship between two things without using "like"/"as"
Flashback
--Returning to earlier time in order to something in the present clearer
Themes (these must be defined within the terms of the text)
*Totalitarianism
*Freedom vs. Absence of Freedom
*Individualism vs. Conformity
Note: 1984 was written in 1948, three years after the conclusion of WWII.

We broke into small study groups to define examples in the novel.

We will be typing our final draft of your 101 paper this Thursday and Friday, so please have your 2 pg draft for then.

HW: Read pg 122-166 in the small book, or pgs. 147-201 in the larger version for Thursday.

Brit Lit:

Today: Room 101

Imagine that you are a worker in the world of 1984. You have been caught by the thought police for one of the many "crimes" in the novel. Please explain the situation around your arrest, and then describe the "after".

What is your room 101?

2 pgs written, 1 typed.

1st draft due today at 9:00

Final draft (typed and corrected) this Friday.

World of Shakespeare:

Today you presented you Taming of the Shrew Lesson. I enjoyed the bitter sweet irony of again being a student. We will finish the last one first thing Monday before lunch.

I also passed out Measure for Measure. We will go over the list of characters Monday and do Act 1 together in costume. Looking forward to having fun with the one.... :-)

Brit Lit:

I will have your poetry test back this Monday.
Today in class we began 1984. We examined the landscape and setting in this futuristic world.

I also alluded to room 101- a room used by the government as punishment where you are confronted by your greatest fear. What would be in your room 101?

We have an aggressive schedule for the next 10 days. Please keep up with the reading, and as always, end with greatness.....

1984 Apple Commercial

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYecfV3ubP8

1984 edits

Brit Lit:

Today in class we had our test on poetry. Please see me soon if you were absent to schedule a time to take the make-up.

I passed out our last novel, which was voted on by both A and B block. Here is your reading schedule and vocab for the novel:

Quiz 1 pp. 1-43 Due Jan 8
Quiz 2 pp. 43-87 Due Jan 11
Quiz 3 pp. 88-122 Due Jan 12
Quiz 4 pp. 122-166 Due Jan 13
Quiz 5 pp. 167-197 Due Jan 14
Quiz 6 pp. 198-245 Due Jan 18

Vocabulary:
p. 5 varicose ulcer
p. 9 frowsy
p. 12 nebulous
p. 12 span (spanner)
p. 14 parody
p. 14 specious
p. 34 pneumatic
p. 39 proletariat
p. 43 queue
p. 43 philology
p. 57 furtive
p. 65 sinecure
p. 66 protuberant
p. 86 lassitude
p. 91 fatuous
p. 98 bluebell
p. 99 etiolate
p. 114 gratuitous
p. 123 febrile
p. 139 demur
p. 144 persiflage
p. 159 spurious
p. 162 execrate
p. 164 ruminant

A Block Pass the poem...

Education shuts the open eye
Makes all the kids just want to get h*+% (removed by Mr. C)
Some of them no longer even try
You feel like all you can do is cry
And some even feel that they need to die
Some people feel like they can only quit
But the dont always use their wit
All some can do is try their best
Try to pass, try to finish their call work before the bell
Good grades is what everyone expects from you
Getthing good grades is not always the answer
Several stuttering subjects sink into one
Crazy class which passes by in a blink of a blind eye
Cooly carresses cand in class
Time tick tocks away
As the big and hairy hidge always finds a way
To make class longer and slower
Class slugs by
My eyes hybernate in deep sleep
The boy is a fat pig with a cake on his face
The boy acts like a pig while he rolls in mud
The bullies are osex in their heads
But really they're weasels in the school yard
To real people school is a joke, open your mind reach for your horizon
Intelligence is not just a thing you learn in the school
But an understanding of yourself and others

Word O' the Week:

Furl: Verb; To roll something up, such as a flag.

Think:

Why are there Braille bumps on the keypads of ATM machines at bank drive-through windows?

World of Shakespeare:

Today we began The Taming of the Shrew. Please review act One and expect a quiz first thing Tuesday. What did you think of Katherine? Does she have any redeeming traits?

For those of you that did not pass in your Sonnet papers, please make sure that you either pass it in late tomorrow, or email it to me as an attachment BY 3:30 today. You loose 10 points for each day that it is late.

Welcome Back!

Brit Lit:
Today we looked at the poetry of Shelley; specifically reading Ode to a West Wind on Pg. 714-717.

We discussed imagery and symbolism and how they are used in the poem. I asked you to take a mental pulse as how you feel right now, and then list 5 symbolic representations of that feeling.

For each symbol I assigned you to write 1 stanza. The end result was a poem modeled after Shelley's example.

Please finish for HW.

Tomorrow we will begin to wrap up our poetry unit and begin to review for the test on Wed.

See You in the 10's...

Wishing you all a safe and restful holiday/vacation break. See you in the new decade....

Most men live lives of quiet desperation. - Thoreau

I went to the woods because I wanted to live deliberately, I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, To put to rout all that was not life and not when I had come to die Discover that I had not lived.
- Thoreau

Think:

O Me! O Life!
O ME O life!...of the questions of these recurring: Of the endless trains of the faithless-- of cities fill'd with the foolish;.... What good amid these, O me, O life?
Answer.
That you are here-- that life exists, and identity; That the powerful play goes on, and you will contribute a verse.

Think:

"THE DEAD POET'S SOCIETY"
"We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for."
- Dead Poet's Society
**********
O Captain! My Captain!
1
O CAPTAIN! my Captain! our fearful trip is done; The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won; The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting, While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring: But O heart! heart! heart! O the bleeding drops of red, Where on the deck my Captain lies, Fallen cold and dead.
2
O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells; Rise up--for you the flag is flung--for you the bugle trills; For you bouquets and ribbon'd wreaths--for you the shores a-crowding; For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning; Here Captain! dear father! This arm beneath your head; It is some dream that on the deck, You've fallen cold and dead.
3
My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still; My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will; The ship is anchor'd safe and sound, its voyage closed and done; >From fearful trip, the victor ship, comes in with object won; Exult, O shores, and ring, O bells! But I, with mournful tread, Walk the deck my Captain lies, Fallen cold and dead.

Halo Macbeth Project

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NoWcZESYDo

Brit Lit:

Today in class we worked on our 1st draft of your paper due tomorrow.

Reminder: Secret Santa gifts are due this Wed.

Think:

Every time you lick a stamp, you are consuming 1/10th of a calorie. At least they could make them cookie flavoured....

Word O' the Week:

Ninguid [ning-gwid]: Adj. Having much snow- used to describe a place.

World of Shakespeare:

Today in class:

We broke into small groups and had polite intellectual discussion on your sonnet. I hope that this time allowed you to gain an outside opinion on what the piece is about.

After lunch, we went to the computer lab to research your sonnet.

Recommended reading: The Art of Shakespeare's Sonnet, by Helen Vendler. Most libraries should have a copy of this.

Sonnet Papers are due Tuesday.

Brit Lit:

Today in class we listened to the Iron Maiden song, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner."

We took another look at alliteration, and I asked you to find 10 examples in the original poem. For each, I asked to to define how the use of alliteration added to the feeling or complexity of the line of verse.

Reminder, Please pick one of the 3 writing assignments on Pg. 770. These are due this Tuesday.


Have a great weekend!

Rock on....

Hear the rime of the Ancient MarinerSee his eyes as he stops one of threeMesmerises one of the wedding guestsStay here and listen to the nightmaresof the sea.And the music plays on, as the bride passes byCaught by his spell andthe Mariner tells his tale.Driven south to the land of the snow and iceTo a place where nobody's beenThrough the snow fog flies on the albatrossHailed in God's name,hoping good luck it brings.And the ship sails on, back to the northThrough the fog and ice andthe albatross follows onThe mariner kills the bird of good omenHis shipmates cry against what he's doneBut when the fog clears, they justify himAnd make themselves part of the crime.Sailing on and on and North across the seaSailing on and on and North 'til all is calm.The albatross begins with its vengeanceA terrible curse a thirst has begunHis shipmates blame the bad luck on the MarinerAbout his neck, the dead bird is hung.And the curse goes on and on and on at sea,And the thirst goes on and on for them and me."Day after day, day after day,we stuck nor breath nor motionAs idle as a painted ship upon a painted oceanWater, water everywhere andall the boards did shrinkWater, water everywhere nor any drop to drink."There, calls the Mariner,there comes a ship over the lineBut how can she sail with no windin her sails and no tide.See...onward she comesOnward she nears, out of the sunSee...she has no crewShe has no life, wait but there's twoDeath and she life in Death,they throw their dice for the crewShe wins the Mariner and he belongs to her now.Then...crew one by oneThey drop down dead, two hundred menShe...She, Life in Death,She lets him live, her chosen one."One after one by the star dogged moon,too quick for groan or sigheach turned his face with a ghastly pang,and cursed me with his eyefour times fifty living men(and I heard nor sigh nor groan),with heavy thump, a lifeless lump,they dropped down one by one."The curse it lives on in their eyesThe Mariner he wished he'd dieAlong with the sea creatresBut they lived on, so did he.And by the light of the moonHe prays for their beauty not doomWith heart he blesses themGod's creatures all of them tooThen the spell starts to breakThe albatross falls from his neckSinks down like lead into the seaThen down in falls comes the rain.Hear the groans of the long dead seamenSee them stir and they start to riseBodies lifted by good spiritsNone of them speakand they're lifeless in their eyes.And revenge is still sought, penance starts againCast into a trance and the nightmare carries on.Now the curse is finally liftedAnd the Mariner sights his homeSpirits go from the long dead bodiesForm their own light andthe Mariner's left alone.And then a boat came sailing towards himIt was a joy he could not believeThe pilots boat, his son and the hermit.Penance of life will fall onto Him.And the ship sinks like lead into the seaAnd the hermit shrieves the Mariner of his sins.The Mariner's bound to tell of his storyTo tell his tale wherever he goesTo teach God's word by his own exampleThat we must love all things that God made.And the wedding guest's a sad and wiser manAnd the tale goes on and on and on