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    Clancy of the overflow

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    his shearing mate who wrote it‚ and verbatim I will quote it: "Clancy’s gone to Queensland droving‚ and we don’t know where he are." In my wild erratic fancy visions come to me of Clancy Gone a-droving "down the Cooper" where the western drovers go; As the stock are slowly stringing‚ Clancy rides behind them singing‚ For the drover’s life has pleasures that the townsfolk never know. And the bush hath friends to meet him‚ and their kindly voices greet him In the murmur of the breezes

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    date he wrote many excellent poems‚ including “Annabel Lee.” Although “Annabel Lee” is considered “the demented reflection of a madman" (Bily)‚ it conveyed his everlasting devotion and compassion for his Annabel Lee. “Annabel Lee” uses repetition‚ ballad form and even his insanity to emphasize his love for his dead companion. Repetition or “haunting rhythm” (Bily) played a large role in “Annabel Lee.” The repetition engraves the events of the poem in the readers mind. “Within individual lines […]

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    don’t know. Some people are still trying to find if Robin Hood was just a story or an actual person. I believe that Robin Hood was not real (even though it would be cool)‚ so thus‚ I will try to persuade you. Robin Hood was not real because‚ in the ballads‚ the dates conflicted with each other. There were a lot of outlaws that had similar names‚ like Robyn Hod‚ Robyn Hoode‚ Robehod‚ or Robert Hoode‚ which would not make sense‚ since there would only be one "real" Robin Hood. Robin Hood couldn’t have

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    Christian Allegory in "The Rime of an Ancient Mariner" Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s "The Rime of an Ancient Mariner" is a lyrical ballad that seems more like a miniature epic. However‚ not only it is a ballad talking about the adventure of an old mariner who is cursed for life because he kills an albatross; deeper than that‚ it is also a religious allegory conveying numerous themes pertaining to Christianity. On the one hand‚ if one reads "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" simply as a tale at sea‚ the

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    Robin Hood: Man or Myth?

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    the Millers son‚ Will Scarlett). They were the outlaws of Sherwood forest‚ or so the ballads said. He was notoriously known from the ballads to have lived in Sherwood forest but Barnsdale was still a possibility. The only evidence we have of robin hood is from inauthentic ballads from hundreds of years ago. Luckily we have the luxury of having hindsight to really delve further into the evidence we have from ballads and the chronicles and make a genuine inquiry in the robin hood legend.  Various

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    meaning in the film Australia. Dress codes assist in developing an interpretation of social standing. In the film we first see Lady Ashley with a classy hat and a fastidious jacket‚ which helped us form an idea that Lady Ashley is wealthy. The Drover also implied that such a wealthy person like Lady Ashley would be easy to spot of the wharf‚ as he speaks to his friend ‘boong’ he says “when you see her‚ wave your hat” this suggest that dress codes are a successful symbol of wealth. Good costuming

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    This morning was really easy for me. I woke up early and ate biscuits and gravy. Yum! It was so delicious. Our cook has really good taste. After I ate‚ I watered my horse and helped out our trail boss. He had me give out orders to some of the drovers. Soon night arose and it was time for me to do my duty on this drive. I corralled the herd and immediately watched for escaping cattle.

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    In this course the three poems that I related to the most was the ballad of a chocolate Mabbie by Gwendolyn Brooks (130) ‚ Bonny Barbara Allen by Anonymous (132)‚ and The Sonnet 116 by William Shakespeare (131). One of the main reason’s I found these poems the most interesting was because I was able to understand the writer and their point of view of the message on love that they were trying to share. The most easiest to analyze was the story of Mabbie‚ a poor girl who has a crush on a boy who barely

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    thought for discoveries constantly capricious Furthermore questionable. The ballad prescribes the idea for people moving Past their solace zones so as should uncover new chances What’s more encounters. Those artist employments An convincing Also unyielding tone arm with energize the crowd of the sole clue. Those absence of rhythm‚ rhyme What’s more routine structure also provide for the ballad a conversational tone arm. The ballad opens for the offering “Go Also open the door” and will be used to start

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    “similar patterns” (Campbell). However by examining the non-western hero‚ Mulan‚ in “The Ballad of Mulan” demonstrates how this figure is different than the hero outlined in Joseph Campbell’s “The Hero’s Journey” in the following ways‚ Mulan does not have any kind of “supernatural aid”‚ “tests that lead to the final showdown”‚ or a “life-changing experience for her or many others” (Campbell). “The Ballad of Mulan” comes from the fifth or sixth century. It was written in a time when China was divided

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