Writing help! The assignment's due tomorrow and I need help!

[kargo]

AAHHHHHHHHHH! Most of you know my favorite teacher is my English Honors teacher Mrs. W. Well, today she gave us this assignment, "Write a scene from the Odyssey there have to be at least one hundred words. Write it the way Homer did, like a poem. Be creative." I know it's got to be my own words and you guys can't really help me there. However, I could use any tips, suggestions, ect. that you have. I have no idea what I'm doing. I want to get a 100 and I want to impress her. Sometiems I hate being such a perfectionist.

 

[biddyboo]

I think perspective is always interesting. Would you consider presenting the scene you are addressing from an unusual point of view, say of some seemingly unimportant participant or bystander, even a chicken free ranging in this story. This can be done in the form of the poetry you are reading, but let the "voice" in your poem be that of your "teller." Just an idea...have fun! I love that you are receiving opportunity to dig in to classic literature but at the same time, you are given the chance to be creative with the text. Wise teacher...I suspect you will remember this class and this assignment for your lifetime. ~G

 

[kargo]

“Oh man of power, what is that you see?
Flying so high above thee
Odysseus the wise,
Hear me
That is a bird, you see
It shall land in a tree
Bring it to me,
for that is the fee
to obtain help from me,”
so said the goddess Aphrodite.
With nothing more to do,
Odysseus set off on his quest to the nearest tree.
just as he arrived, a humungous bird
began to descend.
with eloquence, the bird gracefully settled down
on a branch of the tree.
It was green, yellow, red, and blue,
looking to be nearly twenty-five feet tall,
towering above Odysseus.
Five of Odysseus’ men stacked
might fall slightly shorter than the bird.
It was something no living man
had ever seen, nor would see again.
Odysseus’ men led the bird along
using a rope they had tied around its neck.
Aphrodite congratulated them, her prize soon delivered,
“Now, mortal men, take this,
My gift you, and set sail
For Ithaca.”
Brandishing a bag containing unlimited victuals,
She sent them on their way.

I think this is my final. Is it alright?

 

[biddyboo]

I think you must be a delightful student in this class. Best wishes with your work. Keep us posted with your progress through the many adventures of Odysseus ~G

 

[WriterofWords]

I love it, nice writing!

 

[WoodChic]

what was the grading?

 

[ducks4you]

VERY good job, kargo!! I enjoyed your use of modern colloquialisms, such as "humungous" and "looking to be" and I like the homage to videogames and D&D, "brandishing a bag." If you don't get an "A", write us and we'll give you arguments to use. (DH is an atty, 2 DD's are/were English Majors.)

 

[The Chicken Lady]

I like it!

 

[kargo]

Thanks, everybody. I turned in the assignment today and I'm hoping that she will have it graded Monday.


*EDIT* I got the assignment back. I got a great job and a 100.