Love‚ lust‚ murder‚ thievery‚ incest‚ death‚ and betrayal are just some of the intriguing‚ beautiful‚ and sometimes disturbing topics of a traditional ballad. A traditional what? A ballad is " a song that tells a story‚ or- to take the other point of view a story told in song. More formally a short poem‚ adapted for singing‚ simple in plot and metrical s structure‚ divided into stanzas‚ and characterized by complete impersonality so far as the
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Amber B Mr. Browne .Junior English 12 December 2012 “The Bridal Ballad” Poetry Connection The poem I have chosen to analyze by Edgar Allen Poe is “The Bridal Ballad‚” right from the title you can instantly assume what the poem is generally going to be about. The reason I choose this poem is because it seemed like the most easily understood on and I think I could elaborate more on it. From reading it the first time you realize that it is in written in a newly wed bride’s point of view‚ and
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The Ballad of the Sad Café‚ by Carson McCullers (1951) advocates that there are two types of people in the world‚ which are: the "lover" and the "beloved". The "lover" is a pathetic character so infatuated by the "beloved" that it totally changes his/her attitude or character completely. The feeling is so strong that although it causes the "lover" severe pain‚ he/she continue to love. The two main characters in the book fall under the mysterious spell which changes their lives forever. McCullers
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The Ballad of Birmingham and To Kill a Mockingbird are two pieces of literature that deal with similar themes. In both of these pieces of writing two innocent people died because of the wrong doing of others. Both of these events leading to the death of two innocent people were not needed and could have been avoided if violence can be stopped especially toward people that cause no harm (mockingbirds). Both To Kill a Mockingbird and Ballad of Birmingham have very important lessons to be learned and
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hand Relief is all on their mind Cleaning all in their path A little girl Weeps on the sidewalk Tears of joy How did this happen? What have we done to deserve This? Rebuilding is all she can see For miles and miles On end Ballad: Marathon To run to run is a glorious thing Thinking about it just makes my feet sing My spirits are lifted‚ my feet take wing A rush of adrenaline it does bring The race all began with my brother mark He said common it
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The Ballad of the Sad Café (part I) 1. For how long does the store remain a café? The store remains a café for four years. 2. Before his arrival‚ who sleeps in Cousin Lymons’s room? Before Lymon arrives‚ Marvin Macy slept in the room. 3. Describe Amelia’s Room. Miss Amelia’s room is very simple. Her room is smaller than Lymon’s and is composed of an narrow bed made of pine‚ curtains‚ rugs or ornaments‚ 4. What does Miss Amelia’s velvet box contain? The velvet box contained two grayish
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Robert Service was a very skilled author and poet. One of his most famous poems is The Ballad of the Ice-Worm Cocktail. First‚ I will present a brief biography on Robert Service‚ influences on his writing‚ a brief summary of the poem‚ the poetic devices used‚ the theme of the poem‚ and finally‚ my personal opinion of the poem. Robert Service was born in Preston‚ Lancashire‚ England in 1876. He attended Hillhead High School in Glasgow‚ England and later completed his schooling at the University of
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illustrated by Henry Lawson in the "Drovers Wife" and "The Loaded Dog". these 2 short stories convey the themes of hardship‚ persistence and mateship by living in tretrous conditions of the environment and surving in them.he uses these distinctively visual elements to provide context‚ create humour‚ describe setting and help communicate and devolop ideas. The Drovers wife shows the harsh landscape of the australian outback through the tough times the drovers wife has to endure by herself to survive
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To this day‚ ballads are still enjoyed by some individual although‚ many generations ago they were at the very heart of amusement. They were passed on orally‚ centring interesting subjects such as tragic love. Typically‚ ballads are fairly simple‚ they do no tend to focus on characterization‚ they have a rapid dialogue‚ they are usually in the form of quatrains‚ and rhyming in abcb. The poem "Bonny Barbara Allan" is a typical ballad since it follows the norm by applying four major elements; it is
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RELIGION AND IRISH MYTHOLOGY IN THE BALLAD OF FATHER GILLIGAN This poem takes a ballad form - a traditional form‚ usually sung‚ with regular‚ short stanzas that tell a story. It has a more overtly religious content than most of Yeats’s poems. As a protestant who turned to theosophy and mysticism‚ Yeats usually stays away from Catholic themes. Yeats also usually stays away from the Irish language‚ which he uses in this poem when he writes‚ "mavrone!" which is the Irish‚ "Mo bhron‚" a cry of grief
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