It was not a beautiful morning in my life of as peasant mom. Whose husband has the Plague and is unable to help with farming. Life is hard, especially when you have three kids (which is a lot more than most peasants have). Living in the 1300s is not all it’s caught up to be. Everyday I have to go to the market and do the job of farming the crops. All these things have to be done to keep my family alive for as long as I can. As I am walking out of the house to go to the market, I see many nobles following our handsome Lord Joshua. I tell my kids to stay at home and do their chores. But they were crying because they knew their dad was getting worse and going to die soon. I walk up the hill to the market and I see a “HELP WANTED” sign. I wondered if I could finally get a job and earn money no matter the amount. But right as I walked up, they automatically said no because they were looking for a man who apparently could work more efficiently. I bought only the food I needed and left the market without asking about the job. As I was reaching the house at a distance I thought I saw my husband up and playing with the kids. But to my surprise it was Lord Joshua. “Good morning. your kids looked upset so I thought I could play a game to cheer them up and I helped your husband too,” he cautiously announced like if he thought I was going to attack him. I wasn’t sure what he was up to or if he just felt bad for us. I told him thank you and told him that I could take care of everything
She sits on her cold cabin floor, watching the children who may all be torn from her the next morning: and often does she wish that she and they might die before the day dawns.” The words she uses radiates the devotion between
“At Mornington” is about the acceptance of death and the transient nature of life. The poem conveys the richness and complexity of life ranging from naïve confidence of the child to the mature wisdom of the woman who gains fulfilment from a moment of shared friendship and can look calmly into the future. The poem is littered with biblical references and other literary techniques to outline this idea of a constant time and its effect and the change this has on a person’s identity and their reassessment. These concepts are further expanded upon in the first stanza and is utilised in
He waited until the night’s 11th hour. By now the Princess rested in the highest tower of the castle, locked away from the dangerous world, yet so oblivious to the dangers that which fated the rest of her life. Silently the peasant journeyed outside, where he stopped at the wall of the tower where she lay. He watched her in the darkness from below, lifting his face to her, letting the light rest on his every surface of darkness. The night was cloudless. The winds wailed between the motionless oak trees as its thin branches clawed out, ever so slightly disturbing the leaves with its hostile screeches. Not the thick moss of the trees nor the damp leaves squirming in his toes could distract the peasant from so enticing a scent. All that encircled him was the sweetness of lavender and rosewood, filling his entire being as he sunk into the grass, like sand washed over by the water, with every breeze passing
I visit my market morning, noon, eve, To look but not touch the vendor’s rich wares; The fabrics, each roll and every sleeve, And when I am done, leave secret despairs. Then home I return to wonder and want My old, threadbare, frayed rags be that fine silk;
All was dark, all was silent. Never would he see his sister or brother again. His poor old mother, without a husband, now without her eldest son. Each day his heartbroken mother would sit at home, in her old wooden rocking chair, waiting for him to come home from a hard day on the farm. But he never came!
He could have left with his sweaty, red-faced partner to go play golf. However, he chose to help somebody in need, and I am very appreciative. Thanks to all of his tips, I can play golf very well with others. I thank him for his time and all of his
I will never forget my life before the Red Death took over my town. Before the Red Death overtook most of my town, I had a great fulfilled life. I was married to the lord and we were part of royalty. My day started at dawn. Mass and prayers would be made and I would be served by my maids; this is also the time where my maids would help me get my dress on for the day. After breakfast I had discussions about many of things such as tournaments and poetry. My favorite part of the day was when I got to educate the girls who had been sent to my households. When the morning was over and the afternoon began, my noblewomen duties turned into housewifely duties. My afternoon was spent supervising meals and ensuring that stores were sufficient. I
When I found out that I was moving to Dallas from the suburbs of the Chicagoland area where I have lived my whole life Due to my mom's job moving her position. This was due to my mom having a higher income than my dad. From my first 16 years of my life living in one place I found that it limits someone to what they experience, but the move from Chicago to Dallas showed me what’s out there in the world.
The day’s fine drizzle had broken and the sun gleamed on the cold, sodden village with its mud-slicked square and dark-stained wooden and clay buildings. Alyn remained in his battered and dented mail and plate, with a thin and billowy pale surcoat belted above in addition to sword and dagger which he had also borrowed from Lord Porter for the occasion. Rose had conjured up yet another dress, bright white and of thick, sturdy weave with a high
Today I woke up with a hectic day ahead of me, my duties stopped me from spending time with my family. As I woke up at dawn the weather outside is wild as I dressed into my finest robe. I eat a small breakfast and then go outside doing my duties. I go outside and I speak to the lord about an trouble that had happened on my land. I then make my way down to the peasants, touching the sick and healing them. After this i would go back into my castle and the lords would give me taxes from the people who have been on my land, also they would report anything they saw in the distance and on the land. Some nobles then came running into the castle, complaining that the peasants and the surf aren't growing enough crops to provide them for there food, I then had to go speak
“No promises,” he said as the two kids began to squeal and smiles began to break out. “I just think that it would be a good time to reassess things. A lot would still depend on how Johnny is after he wakes up.”
One terribly chilly night Daisy’s father went outside to check on the horse. This was his daily routine. He would refill the water, stock the food and brush the horse's mane. When he was around the horse, he always felt a sense of safety and warmth, but tonight things were different. He came upon the barn and he saw her. She was laying on the ground stiff. She was
My lips curved into a lopsided grin and my hand scratched the back of my neck as I replied. “Sorry Chief. Little tired this morning. You were saying?” while staring down at the common room floor.
The second stanza tells of the boy only leaving his bed once the house is physically warmed by the fire. The father’s fire causes the cold to “brea[k]” (6), and the broken cold is reflective of the child’s view of his relationship with his father. The speaker recalls that he feared the “chronic angers” which he felt inhabited the house (9). This recollection
The peasant has always been looked upon as an object of pity, an underclass citizen who worked to provide for the higher classes. A passage from Pierce the Ploughman’s Creed gives the perfect description of a day in the life of a peasant: As I went by the way, weeping for sorrow, I saw a poor man hanging on to the plough. His coat was of a coarse stuff which was called cary; his hood was full of holes and his hair stuck out of it. As he trod the soil his toes stuck out of his worn shoes with their thick soles; his hocks on all sides and he was all bedaubed with muck as he followed the plough. He had two mittens, scantily made of rough stuff, with worn-out fingers and thick with muck. This man bemired himself in mud