Week 5 Story: The Daughter of Akba

The Daughter of Akba
By Maria Dawson

I picture this locket being the one Benni from our story must break. Picture from: Open Change

This story takes place in a sea, the forbidden sea

Most people would never set foot around this body of water

However, this is a tale of one brave devotee

Whom had his heart on some poor souls’ daughter

Legend has told to steal her heart

You must first possess a locket

No no, not just any locket, this one is state of the art

Here is the trick, it belongs to Akbas pocket

Long ago a spell was cast

In order to wed his offspring

One must first break this latch

While in her prime the maiden waiting

She was wanted by many

Only one man could have her hand

A journey stands before our lead character Benni

His trustees by his side and by him they stand

As many know but few will ever see

This sea is surrounded by woodland

To get through one must follow the lighted tree

Coming from the land of sand

This task will be beastly

Many triumphs stand in the way

But for Benni, the strong and mighty,

Her hand in marriage will pave the day

Little does he know the final task will be weary

For King Akba of the Aqua, ruler of this sea

Has many missions for his royalty

The final being the greatest you will see

Oh, whatever may this task be?

Our Prince Benni must shatter

This locket heart in two smitheree

For this task shall win the hand in this matter

Our first obstacle is coming near

How will our dear Leader fulfill?

This crossing in the woods Aw, by spear

And also, by skill

Once through he meets the King

To his surprise the trinket it is waiting

The brave Prince breaks this delicate piece in one simple swing

He runs to his princess and pulls out a ring

Bibliography: Nine Ideal Women Chapter Sita was written by Sunity Devee

Authors Note: 

I started out with wanting to rewrite this originally about how a suiter must break a bow in order to marry the king's daughter. While I was thinking about what I wanted to write about exactly I figured why not try something new and do a rhyming scheme. I noticed right off the bat this was going to be difficult and have a rhyming website open to help me! But I had so much fun writing this weels story and I hope you have fun reading it too! 

Reading Notes: Promila and Sakuntala

Sakuntala

By: Maria Dawson 

One of the main details or this story includes a ring I picture such as this one. This image is from OpenClipArt 

One of the first things I noticed in this particular story is the amount of dialog within it. For example, talking goes back and forth between multiple charters creating the scene very well. For this particular story, I am most interested in the last page where Dushmanta puts a ring on Sakuntala's hand and says some beautiful words to her. After this scene, this story ends by telling all the amazing things Sakuntala did for his people. If I was going to retell this story there are two different pathways I see myself creating. One is just simply making changes to this scene but creating modern-day storytelling. Within this story, I could have symbolism such as the ring used in this one and have my charter go on to accomplish amazing things after this such as this story. Or I can see myself just focusing on the things Sakuntala does for Dushmanata's people. In this story, all that is said is "and she gave general of his love to all his people" I would like to expand on the ways I see her giving to his people and the thankfulness they have towards the couple. I would take into consideration the amount of dialogue created by the author and use this in my own telling. 

Bibliography: Nine Ideal Women Chapter Sakuntala was written by Sunity Devee

Reading Notes: Sita

Nine Ideal Women

By: Maria Dawson

In this story, there is mention of a baby reminding me of this carriage. Picture from OpenClipArt 

Right away from this story written by Sunity Devee within a book called Nine Ideal Women, I noticed a lot of backstory and details within this backstory. Within the first couple of paragraphs, I really like the internal dialogue inside the character's mind with the questions he is asking himself about the baby. I think this is a simple detail that would be easy to transform into my own writing. It is the first couple of paragraphs I am drawn to this story because it tells of a king wanting nothing more than a family which I find beautiful and would love to retell! I am also drawn to the story of how in order to marry Sita a man must be able to break a bow. I would like to tell this story from Sita's view and what she thinks of this task but also focus on making it a bit more modern. For this story, I would make sure the motifs are the same such as a king marrying his daughter away and the need for something to break to get her hand in marriage.

Bibliography: Nine Ideal Women Chapter Sita was written by Sunity Devee