A ballad is a poem or song that tells a popular story in short stanzas. The poem records a disaster from the thirteenth century.. The poem on your course tells the story of a knight‚ Sir Patrick Spens‚ who goes to sea on a mission for the king. Sir Patrick has to fetch the daughter of the king of Norway and sail with her to Scotland. As Sir Patrick Spens has to complete his mission in winter‚ he has a sense of doom about it. The poem tells the story‚ without any comment from the author about the
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Laura Dickens A Critical Analysis of Sir Patrick Spens ‘Sir Patrick Spens’ is‚ for the most part‚ an archetypal early ballad being composed in quatrains‚ with the typical alternating four-stress and three-stress lines and the second and fourth line of each stanza rhyming. The poem is set in medias res‚ telling certainly of a tragedy‚ possibly based on two voyages in the thirteenth-century on which Scottish noblemen transported princesses to royal marriages‚ with many members of Alexander III’s
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Who is he‚ when and where did he live? What have they done that impacted Australia Sir William Patrick Deane‚ was born on the 4th January 1931‚ he was an Australian judge and the 22nd Governor-General of Australia. * | William Deane was born in Melbourne‚ Victoria. He was educated at Catholic schools including St. Joseph’s College‚ Hunters Hill and at the University of Sydney‚ where he graduated in arts and law. He also attended the Hague Academy of International Law. After graduation
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Greensleeves by Alan Spence "Greensleeves" by Alan Spence is a short story describing the life of an elderly lady living alone on the top floor of high rise flats in Glasgow. Spence creates a character readers feel sympathy for through isolation and lonliness‚ themes that run prominently throughout the story. The title of the story - Greensleeves - is significant in developing the story.The elderly lady hears the song playing on an ice cream van‚ but it’s not as pleasant as she remembers. "She
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undetermined if they were snatched by some passerby or fled to escape situations they did not want to face. The search for these women proved to be endless. All of the women in the story seem to have differing and very interesting backgrounds. Spence depicts Kay as a
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Upon analyzing Sir Gawain in from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight ‚ a poem translated by Marie Borroff‚ one would find he is more concerned about his life in opposed to his honor‚ and that he uses his honor as a tool to make a better life for himself. This poem is about a mysterious green knight who goes to Arthur’s court in search of a competitor for his game. In this game the Green Knight’s goal was to test another knight’s chivalry and their will to not break its code‚ and Sir Gawain took the
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What do you think started the spark for the American Revolution? In the state of Virginia where all the great minds of the time met. Our forefathers where at a convention when a speaker of the name Patrick Henry speaks to the great patriots about what they should do about the war against Great Britain. The audience was full of patriots just like Henry that would die for their country in a heartbeat if it was needed to save their freedom and liberty. In a way to persuade the members of the Virginia
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Patrick Henry Speaks Against Ratification of the Constitution (1788) Patrick Henry‚ the noted Virginia delegate to the Constitutional Convention‚ opposed a federal form of government in the United States. Here‚ at a debate during the convention‚ Henry discusses his objections to the new form of government. [pic] Mr. Chairman‚ the public mind‚ as well as my own‚ is extremely uneasy at the proposed change of government. Give me leave to form one of the number of those who wish to be thoroughly acquainted
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with Treasonous Aspirations History has portrayed Patrick Henry as a radical man‚ a title that few men can wear with ease yet‚ Patrick Henry‚ was synonymous with the word in the minds of colonists and British Empire. Even though many of us know Henry for his immortal words‚ we know very little about the hero that contributed greatly to the revolutionary cause. As we glimpse into the past‚ I hope to give you a brief look into the life of Patrick Henry as well as pop culture ’s take on the revolutionary
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2.03a Patrick Henry 1. According to Patrick Henry‚ there was one basic question being debated at the Virginia Convention. "Give me Liberty‚ or give me Death!" is a famous quotation attributed to Patrick Henry. Patrick Henry made it very clear that if he did not have freedom‚ then he would rather die. 2. At the time‚ Patrick Henry did not trust the British. The British at the time did not treat the colonists fair. In his speech at the House of Burgesses‚ he continued to urge the legislature to take
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