i cried // hannah schofield
howdy fellas,
it's been a long week alread-...wait, it's only Monday?
Anyhow, I'd like to discuss "The Dream of the Rood" with all/some of you tonight.
First off, wow. I mean, I love poetry, mostly modern, but this is one of the most powerful pieces I have had the honor of reading in a very, very long time. I truly do not think it could get more original in any sense.
Enough praise, let's talk about the passage that actually made my tear ducts kick-up and start working.
"A rood was I raised up; I bore aloft the mighty King,
the Lord of Heaven. I dared not stoop."
Gosh, "I dared not stoop". That one tiny line alone held so much passion, so much respect, and so much love for a savior, the one true savior.
Psalm 66:4 even says, "All the earth worships you and sings praises to you; they sing praises to your name.”
It is so odd that I have heard of even nature worshipping and recognizing the Lord, but to see it come to life within the lines of this compelling poem brought about a whole perspective that I was unaware of.
This. This is what I love about this class. The fact that we have fascinating works like this to keep us yearning for even more great literature is awesome!
That's my peace for the week. Y'all have a good one :)
Commented on: Breanna's & Katie's
it's been a long week alread-...wait, it's only Monday?
Anyhow, I'd like to discuss "The Dream of the Rood" with all/some of you tonight.
First off, wow. I mean, I love poetry, mostly modern, but this is one of the most powerful pieces I have had the honor of reading in a very, very long time. I truly do not think it could get more original in any sense.
Enough praise, let's talk about the passage that actually made my tear ducts kick-up and start working.
"A rood was I raised up; I bore aloft the mighty King,
the Lord of Heaven. I dared not stoop."
Gosh, "I dared not stoop". That one tiny line alone held so much passion, so much respect, and so much love for a savior, the one true savior.
Psalm 66:4 even says, "All the earth worships you and sings praises to you; they sing praises to your name.”
It is so odd that I have heard of even nature worshipping and recognizing the Lord, but to see it come to life within the lines of this compelling poem brought about a whole perspective that I was unaware of.
This. This is what I love about this class. The fact that we have fascinating works like this to keep us yearning for even more great literature is awesome!
That's my peace for the week. Y'all have a good one :)
Commented on: Breanna's & Katie's
It is a beautiful poem! It is also convicting that sometimes nature (in poetry) has a better attitude towards God than we do. Too often we hold ourselves higher than we ought to and consider ourselves more worthy of our time than God. It's sad.
ReplyDeleteI did not care for him putting a larger emphasis on the tree, but I did enjoy the poem. It holds very much passion in it and that same quote about not stooping said so much to me as well. Another part where it says, “Yet through that gold I could see the agony once suffered by wretches,” showed so much into Christ dying in the cross. It showed how he could look past the glorious cross and see Christ. I loved that.
ReplyDeleteDang, I completely agree with Eliza. That's honestly kind of a slap in the face. How we view God is beyond important in my mind. With a wrong view, we don't worship in any proper way. But seeing, as she pointed out, that sometimes all of creation, apart from the one that God made in His own image, worships or has a better view/attitude towards God is eye opening to me. This was a great post!
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