HOMER First seeds of poetry were born among the Greeks even before writing was invented. Poets were bards‚ chanting gripping narrative epic war poems and emotional ballads. Homer was a Greek poet‚ to whom are attributed the great epics‚ the Iliad‚ the story of the siege of Troy‚ and the Odyssey‚ the tale of Ulysses’ wanderings. The place of his birth is doubtful‚ probably a Greek colony on the coast of Asia Minor‚ traditionally is described as blind and is believed to have lived in Ionia around
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A. English religious literature 1-Thomas Gramner: “---“A book of common prayer” 2-John Bungan: “---“Grace abounding” B. Definitions 1-A parody: It is aA literary work that imitatesimitate another in order to turn it or hold it up to ridicule. 2-A treatise: AIt is a formal account in writing‚ treating systematically of some subjectssubject. 3-A fabliau: A short metrical tale usually comic‚ frankly coarse‚ often cynical‚ It is a popular short narrative poem in the 12th and 13th centuries
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adapted her play over the famous Han dynasty folk ballad and love tragedy‚ Southeast Flies the Peacock. In the traditional ballad‚ the male protagonist‚ Zhong‚ was the son of the well off Jiao family’s widowed wife. He was matched with and married a common‚ but beautiful and talented lady named Lan. Although they loved each other‚ differences in status and family opposition forced the couple apart. There were many modern rewritings of this ancient ballad‚ and a few other May Fourth writers in Yuan’s
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more popularity that Byron and Shelly • Earned 3‚000 pounds for one poem! • Charmed audiences • Collected and published Irish Melodies • Wrote popular songs - "The last rose of summer" and "Believe me if all those endearing young charms. THE BALLAD: • Narrative poem • Simple story • skeletal plot • little description of setting or character • Dialog • Tragic or sensual subjects • Iambic meter • Rhyme scheme • Varied stanza
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representing the thoughts of the public. Perhaps‚ the poem is written in ballad form to link the simple poetic form to the simple ideas that the children represent‚ which ultimately shows that old Kaspar is not wise whereas in most literature he would be. Therefore‚ Southey wrote this poem to make the reader understand that war is nothing heroic‚ it is unexplained killing‚ and should not happen. "The Inchcape Rock" is a ballad written by English poet Robert Southey. Published in 1802‚ it tells the
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It uses old ballad tradition structures and as the book states it was quite popular when it was written leading me to believe it was written at that point because that’s when ballads were popular. C. Slavery was still occurring in the U.S.‚ industrialization was also occurring in the north. Form: A. The song follows an AABA structure. The first melody
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jumper in "Plunging into the Wreck" has a stunning‚ possibly supernatural‚ encounter submerged. Everything about the sea world is entrancing‚ new‚ and extreme. We aren’t only taking a gander at nature in this lyric‚ we are completely dove into it. This ballad is about investigating and changing and feeling‚ yet on a basic level it’s an anecdote about how we come into contact with nature.
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Browning and last but not least Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare. All of these have very different aspects and views‚ this is what makes them so interesting to compare because of the wide contrast involving the three poems. La Belle Dame Sans Merci is a ballad written by an English poet‚ John Keats. John Keats lived between the years 1795 – 1821‚ his life cut short by tuberculosis. By this time‚ he had been writing serious poetry for barely six years but‚ even
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and his mother Rose Isabella. When Andrew Patterson was seven‚ his family moved to illalong‚ it is in this area that Patterson developed his lifelong enthusiasm for horses and horsemanship‚ and in the future‚ the writing of his famous equestrian ballads. From the age of 10 after transferring from a bush school at Binalong‚ Patterson attended the Sydney grammar school‚ where he achieved the junior Knox prize at the age of 16. Patterson failed the University of Sydney’s scholarship exam and as a result
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edition of ‘’Lyrical Ballads’’‚ which is a collection of both Wordsworth’s and Coleridge’s poems. Lucy poems are lyrical ballads‚ they are written in verse and they all tell a story as briefly as possible. Wordsworth wrote them in the simple language of common people and he often used dramatic changes of states and ironic inversions which are also present in the traditional ballad. Among the Lucy poems‚ ‘’The Strange fits of passion have I known’’ is probably the most obvious ballad since it has an
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