TU Tuesday- Culture

It’s Tuesday!  And, that means it is a "TU TUESDAY".   Go to http://www.timesunion.com/ and choose an article about a country other than the United States that interests you.  Then, read it (completely and thoroughly and thoughtfully) and put the link to it on your blog.  Call the blog TU Tuesday - Culture and make sure you use text quoted directly from your article in your response and put it in quotation marks.  Then, respond to it by including a link to a POEM from that same culture that connects to the article and use text quoted directly from your poem in your response and put it in quotation marks.  The Power Standard this addresses is:

<><><> Interpret, analyze, and evaluate culturally diverse narratives, poetry and drama, aesthetically and ethically, by making connections to other texts, ideas, cultural perspectives, eras, personal events and situations.  Self-select text to respond and develop innovative perspectives.

Link to article: http://www.timesunion.com/default/article/Correction-France-First-Lady-Statue-story-3311747.php
Link to poem: http://thehuuvandan.org/lit.html#arvers

"She, whom God has made so sweet and tender,
Goes her absent-minded way hearing nothing
Of this murmur of love raised in her steps." This poem is about a persons love, and how they feel around their lover. "Statue in a Paris suburb that is to be modeled after French first lady." This relates to "Secret Love" by Sarcozy expressing his love and passion towards his wife, and what he wants to do to show it. This statue would represent his power, but also his pure devotion towards his wife. "The estimated cost is €81,000" Even though this price isnt enormously large for the French Prime Minister, it shows that, "My soul nurtures a secret, my heart a mystery." It expresses his emotions and love towards his wife. It also shows that he wants the French nation to see his devotion.