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    Ballads

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    Directions:  Analyze each stanza of each ballad and summarize the stanza in a few well written sentences.  "Lord Randall" Stanza 1 The mother asks Randall where he has been and he replies to the woods to prepare to die because he is tired of hunting. Stanza 2   The mother made food and wants Randall to eat‚ but he already ate over his love house‚ he is too tired as he went to bed. Stanza 3   Randall seen a yellow snake‚ his mother fixed his bed ‚ he went to bed Stanza 4   Randall got bitten

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    Paulos Mar Gregorios (FFRRC – Theological Implications of Modernity and Postmodernity) Presented by Fr. Jomon John K ****************************************************************************** Introduction : Paulos Mar Gregorios (1922-1996) was a renowned Philosopher‚ Theologian‚ Linguist‚ Orator and a reputed Organiser among the World Christian circle. He was from the Malankara Orthodox Church in India. He was well versed in Eastern and Western Philosophy along with art‚ science‚ language

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    Gregorio C. Brillantes

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    GREGORIO C. BRILLANTES Gregorio C. Brillantes is a native of Camiling‚ Tarlac. He obtained his Litt. B. degree in the Ateneo de Manila University. He is a Palanca Award Hall of Famer and a multi-awarded fiction writer. He is one of the Philippines most popular writers in English. He often writes about individuals under thirty‚ adolescent or post adolescent ones who struggle with alienation from family‚ society and from themselves. His earlier collection of short stories earned him the title

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    Michael Cortez Analysis

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    Activity 3.5 – Two Descriptions Paper (Revised) English Composition Michael Cortez Module 3 1st Description: The wooded area surrounding the park has a mystifying feel with the sun setting and the strange odor of a dank basement coming from its small pond. The air feels sticky and warm this time of the year and the trees blocking the breeze makes it even more muggy than usual. The open and empty field gives me a feeling of isolation and the darkening skies has an ominous look. I can hear

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    Ballad of Birmingham

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    Symbolism in “The Ballad of Birmingham” Written in 1969‚ Dudley Randall’s poem “The Ballad of Birmingham” illustrates a mothers struggle to keep her young daughter away from harm during a civil rights rally in Birmingham. Throughout the poem‚ symbols such as a church‚ a child‚ and a shoe represent African-Americans and their fight against segregation. These symbols represent the struggle for equality during civil rights movement in the 1960s‚ and how these events changed the lives of blacks in

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    Hernando Cortez Biography

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    hile he is often now referred to as Hernán or Hernando Cortez (IPA: [korˈteθ])‚ in his time he called himself Hernando or Fernando Cortés ([korˈtes]). The names Hernán‚ Hernando and Fernando are all equally correct. The latter two were most commonly used during his lifetime‚ but the former shortened form has become common in both the Spanish and English languages in modern times‚ and is the name which many people know him by today.[1] Early life Cortés was born in Medellín‚ in the province of

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    Spanish Ballad

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    To what extent‚ and in which ways‚ does the Spanish ballad deal with the major human emotions? The collective body of Spanish ballads‚ known as the romancero‚ is a unique collection of narrative verse that follows the epic tradition‚ like such works as El cantar de mio Cid‚ and whose earliest examples are thought to have come at the beginning of the 14th century. They resemble the epics in their heroic and aristocratic tone‚ and some also in their themes of battle and honour. Many are written

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    Notes on Ballads

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    Literature 3rd lecture “Ballad” The characters in the epic according to Aristotle should be consistence. The ballad is the second kind of the narrative verse. (The 1st is the epic). 2 examples were discussed 1st example is an old one in the medieval ages (Sir Patrick Spence) 2nd in the 20th century (Ballad of the Landlord) What is the ballad? “Definition” It is a poem but it should be written in verse‚ it’s meant to be sung‚ even if it’s a tragedy. For example‚ in Ireland it is still

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    Bridal Ballad

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    Bridal Ballad (1837) by Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) The ring is on my hand‚ And the wreath is on my brow; Satin and jewels grand Are all at my command‚ And I am happy now. And my lord he loves me well; But‚ when first he breathed his vow‚ I felt my bosom swell- For the words rang as a knell‚ And the voice seemed his who fell In the battle down the dell‚ And who is happy now. But he spoke to re-assure me‚ And he kissed my pallid brow‚ While a reverie came o’er me‚ And to the church-yard

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    Ballad of Birmingham

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    Ballad of Birmingham By: Dudley Randall For many years‚ this country has been unjust and humanity has not always been treated equally. Dudley Randall‚ who is most famous for his literary contributions‚ wrote a poem called "Ballad of Birmingham" representing the inequality and racism during the early 1960’s (Encyclopedia.com). The main themes of the poem are racism and the struggle of African Americans around the time of the civil rights movement in 1964 (Encyclopedia.com). Randall’s poem focuses

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