Point Rash Judgment: the Exploration of a Wordsworth
Text
The following is a transcription and brief explination of the
three rooms created in MOOville for the
poem "Rash Judgement."
ROOM 1: THE FIRST HALF OF THE POEM TAKES PLACE IN A
VALLEY
Using cues from the poem, I've described it in the MOO
thus:
Valley
There is a narrow girdle of rough stones and crags which make a
rude and natural causeway. On one side is *water* and on the
other a winding slope
of thickets. There are some *objects* along the line of the
water where waves had tossed them ashore.
An objects is here.
You the following objects: water, a tuft, an Invisible Breeze, plants, a seed, and a heap of objects.
ROOM 2: THE SHIFT IN THE POEM COMES WHEN THEY SEE AN
ANGLER
This shift is introduced in the MOO by entering a new
space:
Point Rash Judgment
Far in the distance you hear a noise--the busy mirth of
Reapers. As you stand on an indented shore, SUDDENLY a fog advances in on you.
Through the thin veil of glittering haze, you see a jutting point of
land.
You see the following objects: a Noise of Peasants, fog, and a Man.
ROOM 3: FINALLY, THERE IS A PLACE TO REST AND
RECOLLECT IN TRANQUILITY
Here students encounter a cabin with books which have parts of the poem as entries from Wordsworth and Coleridge. They can discuss
their experience in this space:
Cottage
The happy idleness of that sweet morning travel has changed to
serious musing. You return to your cottage:
It is a small room with a fire going in the fireplace. There is
a pot of hot tea on the stove and some cups. A journal and a
book and a pen are on a desk. Beside the desk are some chairs.
You see the following objects: a journal, and a book.
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