| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Hamlet by William Shakespeare: Alexander died: Alexander was buried: Alexander returneth
into dust; the dust is earth; of earth we make
Lome, and why of that Lome (whereto he was conuerted)
might they not stopp a Beere-barrell?
Imperiall Caesar, dead and turn'd to clay,
Might stop a hole to keepe the winde away.
Oh, that that earth, which kept the world in awe,
Should patch a Wall, t' expell the winters flaw.
But soft, but soft, aside; heere comes the King.
Enter King, Queene, Laertes, and a Coffin, with Lords attendant.
The Queene, the Courtiers. Who is that they follow,
Hamlet |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from My Antonia by Willa Cather: Mr. Shimerda in.
After our visitors rode away in single file over the hill,
we returned to the kitchen. Grandmother began to make
the icing for a chocolate cake, and Otto again filled
the house with the exciting, expectant song of the plane.
One pleasant thing about this time was that everybody talked
more than usual. I had never heard the postmaster say anything
but `Only papers, to-day,' or, `I've got a sackful of mail for ye,'
until this afternoon. Grandmother always talked, dear woman:
to herself or to the Lord, if there was no one else to listen;
but grandfather was naturally taciturn, and Jake and Otto
My Antonia |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Rivers to the Sea by Sara Teasdale: The air is blue and sweet,
The few first stars are white,--
Oh let me like the birds
Sing before night.
LOVE-FREE
I AM free of love as a bird flying south in the autumn,
Swift and intent, asking no joy from another,
Glad to forget all of the passion of April
Ere it was love-free.
I am free of love, and I listen to music lightly,
But if he returned, if he should look at me deeply,
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