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Poem: "Penelope," by Dorothy Parker
Directions: After reading and annotating "Penelope," write a one-paragraph analysis.
● Notice that Parker never mentions the names, "Odysseus" or "Penelope." Yet after
reading The Odyssey, we see clues that both are important characters in the poem.
Write a paragraph analyzing how Parker shows readers Odysseus and Penelope
without using their names.
Then, explain your understanding Parker's message in the poem.
●The text, “Penelope”:
In the pathway of the sun,
In the footsteps of a breeze,
Where the world and sky are one,
He shall ride the silver seas,
He shall cut the glittering wave.
I shall sit at home, and rock;
Rise, to heed a neighbor's knock;
Brew my tea, and snip my thread;
Bleach the linen for my bed.
They will call him brave.

Claim: In "Penelope by
Dorothy Parker, she reveals
Odysseus and Penelope without naming them.