Holy Sonnet XII.
Why are we by all creatures waited on ?
Why do the prodigal elements supply
Life and food to me, being more pure than I,
Simpler and further from corruption ?
Why brook'st thou, ignorant horse, subjection ?
Why dost thou, bull and boar, so sillily
Dissemble weakness, and by one man's stroke die,
Whose whole kind you might swallow and feed upon ?
Weaker I am, woe's me, and worse than you ;
You have not sinn'd, nor need be timorous.
But wonder at a greater, for to us
Created nature doth these things subdue ;
But their Creator, whom sin, nor nature tied,
For us, His creatures, and His foes, hath died.
Source 1:
David Barnes audio recording. Allows listener to distinguish pauses and stops as John Donne intended them. Exemplifies the meter and the rhyme scheme. Credibility – unsure. This is a recording that Barnes made to help listeners understand the sonnets written by Donne.
Source 2:
Christian Literature Essay. To be used to form a short, one line summary of the sonnet to aid readers. Specifically, the line : “He [Donne] marvels that the Creator of all creatures died for humans, the most corrupt of his creations.” Credibility –
Source 3:
Donne’s Satirical Progresse of the Soule. Examines Donne’s theme of original sin and provides some background on his opinion. Credibility – author is highly credible. Written many books on Donne. Published by Johns Hopkins University.
Source 4:
Donne’s ‘Holy Sonnet XII’. Examines the main themes and ideas presented in Holy Sonnet XII. Credibilty – unsure. Taken from Explicator.
Source 5:
John Donne and the Augustinian Paradox of Sin. Examines deeper the idea of original sin in Donne’s works. May be able to tie into Holy Sonnet 12? Credibility – credible. Published in English Literature journals.
MLA Citations for Sources:
Barnes, David. Holy Sonnet XII. By John Donne. Librivox. Audio download. Date uploaded: October 07, 2007. Date accessed: March 02, 2010. http://librivox.org/holy-sonnets-by-john-donne/.
Bromberg, Howard. “Holy Sonnets.” Masterplots II: Christian Literature. Pasadena, California: Salem Press Inc. 2008. Accessed online: March 02, 2010. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lfh&AN=MOL9830002025&site=lrc-live.
Williamson, George. "Donne's Satirical Progresse of the Soule." ELH, Vol. 36, No. 1 (Mar., 1969), pp. 250-264 Published by: The Johns Hopkins University Press. http://www.jstor.org/stable/2872153
Fenner, Arthur. "Donne's 'Holy Sonnet XII'." Explicator 40.4 (1982): 14-15. MLA International Bibliography. EBSCO. Web. 2 Mar. 2010.
Evans, Gillian R. "John Donne and the Augustinian Paradox of Sin." Review of English Studies: A Quarterly Journal of English Literature and the English Language 33.129 (1982): 1-22. MLA International Bibliography. EBSCO. Web. 2 Mar. 2010.
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You're MLA is fine, however I'd like to see more thorough explanations. For instance Robin asks for the author's authority and how they relate to each other. Try to include that. But I realize this is a rough draft. Keep up the good work and try to stick as close as possible to Robins guidelines, trust me.
ReplyDeleteincludes sonnet, 5 sources, valid sonnet
ReplyDeletesummaries are very clear but may be more appropriate to be a little more formal and write in complete sentences for an annotated bibliography (however, this is not exactly an annotated bibliography since we're blogging and adding multimodal components onto it so may check want to check with Dr. Wharton)
identifies where the source comes from
may want to go into more detail about the author
should include the intended audience of the work
lists type of publication
rather than listing if the source is credible or not, you may want to explain why that is, what characteristics does this source have that makes it credible?
should include why you are using this source
overall:
points are very clear, may want to check the formatting of the annotated bibliography with Dr. Wharton, usually you have the citation then the annotation directly below it, but actually the way you have it, things are a little more clear, this is a blog post after all, so I don't know, check with Dr. Wharton