Penelope
Dorothy-parker
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Penelope by Dorothy Parker
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Parker’s poem is an extended allusion to Homer’s Odyssey, in which Penelope, wife of Odysseus, famously remains faithful to her husband for over twenty years during his service in the Trojan War and arduous journey home to Ithaca. While Odysseus is away, Penelope must use her cunning to fight off 10...
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In the pathway of the sun,
In the footsteps of the 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.