Hello Everyone!
At first, I was
very apprehensive about approaching The
Warning on an allusion point of view because I, unlike many other
homeschoolers, wasn't exactly fed Bible verses like a fat king as a kid. It was
an exciting challenge and I was up for it and after much deliberation I decided
to tackle it from a new position, one of openness and
excitement. Accordingly, after reading it the second time, I realized my
eyes were just scanning the words and I wasn't reading the words, digesting and
moving on, that's when I noticed in the black print, the name.
Samson.
Duh.
After much
research I learned the story of Mr. Samson like the back of my hand and I
deduced that the poem was scanning an overview of the story first and then
concluding with the last stanza pertaining to the current (in his time)
slavery. Longfellow states something to the liking of 'there are many
types of Samson-like people (Slaves) who are blind and enslaved and then one
day they will' "...shake the pillars of the Commonweal..."
meaning that until we get over our "liberties" then we likely won't
notice the jewel of that person and how we are all equal. The state of the slaves
being “bound in bonds of steel” obviously meaning tortured, depreciated etc…
Really enjoyed it and enjoyed getting to know Samson, one more
Bible story to chalk up to a great week :)
-Christy
It's always interesting to read Bible stories when you get older. Even if they are stories you heard as a child, often children get a more "nice" version of the story. Typically we think of Sampson as the strong guy who cut his hair, rarely do we realize how gory his story is or how many people he killed. Isn't it interesting to read? I feel like as much as we read or don't read bible stories as kids, they have to also be read when we're old enough to really grasp the meaning.
ReplyDeleteI know how you feel... Haley and I read this poem together and Haley told me that the story was about Samson after only reading a couple lines. I had to read on to figure it out. Until we read the story in Judges, I had no idea he killed so many men! It was interesting to read and good to know I wasn't the only one who didn't really know the story!
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