a noble thief by the name of Robin Hood. Or so the legend goes. In fact‚ historians have not conclusively determined whether the Robin Hood of legend ever lived (Krall 22). The earliest forms of modern Robin Hood legends date back to 15th century ballads‚ but references to such a man appear much earlier. The first literary allusion to Robin Hood‚ specifically the “rymes of Robyn Hood‚” takes place in Langland’s Piers Plowman‚ published around 1377. Today‚ the most prevalent view in popular culture
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retellings‚ such as the Scottish Ballad and Shirley Jackson’s “The Daemon Lover.” Even then‚ the reader can find many similarities and differences between the themes of the texts. The Scottish Ballad‚ and “The Demon Lover”‚ both have very similar themes. Bowen’s story tells the reader to always stay true to their promises. This is shown by the way Mrs. Drover’s guilt of choosing to betray her fiance ended up driving her crazy. This is similar to the Scottish Ballad in which the main character is “punished”
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efwebut with restraint‚ man’s mortality and the seeming deathlessness of the Laburnum tree planted by James on his birthday. Toru Dutt may have been much impressed by Hood’s simple‚ meaningful line‚ “The tree is living yet!” Toru Dutt will not abandon the Casuarina tree even though it is a constant reminder of her irreparable personal loss. Her eyes fill as she recalls the happy past and remembers the three care-free children playing in the garden‚ under its branches. And the tree loyally responds
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Disneyfiying Confucious’ Filial Piety as seen in Disney’s Mulan (1998) Filial Piety in the Ballad of Mulan compared to Disney’s version The legend of Mulan‚ the Chinese woman warrior‚ was first presented in an annonomous poem called “the Ballad of Mulan” which dated back the 6th sentury Tang Dynansty. The poem was written in five segments; each one represents Mulan’s origin‚ experience in the battlefield‚ and also sense of obedience to her family. The legend lives on as it is passed from one generation
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POETRY POEM. N. AN ARRANGEMENT OF WORDS WRITTEN OR SPOKEN‚ TRADITIONALLY A RHYTHMICAL COMPOSITION‚ SOMETIMES RHYMED‚ EXPRESSING EXPERIENCES‚ IDEAS‚ OR EMOTIONS IN A STYLE MORE CONCENTRATED‚ IMAGINATIVE‚ AND POWERFUL THAN THAT OF ORDINARY SPEECH OR PROSE: SOME POEMS ARE IN METER‚ SOME IN FREE VERSE. A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom. – ROBERT FROST PROSE…words in their best order. POETRY…the best words in the best order. – SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with
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poets express their creativity in different forms and styles. The earliest poetry was of two types. One was the ballad and the other was the epic. The ballad later developed into different forms such as lyric‚ hymn‚ satire and panegyric. The epic poem is an enlarged ballad. Therefore‚ the origin of all poetry is in the ballad although no records have remained from these primitive ballads. Persian songs goes back to 3000 BC to the time of king Jamshid. Xenophon wrote about songs that were sung when
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Australian Bush Ballads have captured the essence of early Australian life. Bush Ballads do more than this they often deal with the hardships encountered living on the land as well as the people of the bush. The poetry of “Henry Lawson” and “Banjo Paterson” deal with these concepts. While Banjo Paterson defends and romanticises the bush in his many ballads for example “Clancy of the Overflow”‚ Henry Lawson provides a more balanced view of the bush in his poems‚ in particular “Up the Country.”
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Together “Ballad of the Drover” by Henry Lawson and Judith Wright’s “South Of My Days” provide a compelling insight into outback life around the turn of the 20th Century. Both ballads capture the innate hardship of the Australian outback within its striking beauty. Wright and Lawson are two of Australia’s most noted poets and continue to resonate with audiences by engaging their audience through strong imagery and powerful use of figurative language to create an emotive tale. Lawson’s “Ballad of the
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pride but still are treated unfairly within today’s society. The poem “The Black Drunkard” by Kevin Gilbert and the song “from little things big things grow’” by Paul Kelly exposes the impact that society has left on the aboriginal race. The ballad “The Black Drunkard” By Kevin Gilbert uses many different poetic devises to capture the concept of a man who has been disjointed with his cultural identity. Within these quatrains Gilbert uses the context of Aboriginal Australian history to effectively
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Of all the themes in poetry‚ one that is most commonly used and stands out quite a lot is love. T. S Elliot once quoted “Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion‚ but an escape from emotion”. As such‚ it is no wonder that the themes of unrequited love and despair are very prominent in poem La Belle Dame sans Merci by John Keats. In this poem Keats clearly denotes his personal rebellion against the pains of love and revealed the sad reality that; in pleasure‚ there is pain. This paper will take a
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