Medieval BalladsMedieval Ballads

1. IT is orally transmitted and of anonymous 1. IT is orally transmitted and of anonymous authorship.authorship.

2. It tells a story. 2. It tells a story. 3. It has intricate and multiple plotlines. 3. It has intricate and multiple plotlines. 4. Its language is characterized by repetition and 4. Its language is characterized by repetition and

simple metrical structure. simple metrical structure.

1. The first line that Sir Patrick read, 1. The first line that Sir Patrick read, A loud laughA loud laugh laughed he; laughed he; The next line that Sir Patrick read, The next line that Sir Patrick read, The tear The tear blindedblinded his ee. his ee.

2. the king “2. the king “ssits” and drinks “the blood-red wine”; its” and drinks “the blood-red wine”; 3. the old knight – “3. the old knight – “ssits by the king’s right knee”its by the king’s right knee”4. It's forty miles frae Aberdeen,4. It's forty miles frae Aberdeen,

And fifty fathoms deep,And fifty fathoms deep,And there lies And there lies guidguid Sir Patrick Spence, Sir Patrick Spence,Wi' the Sects lords at his feet! Wi' the Sects lords at his feet!

This shows that This shows that 1.1. she will not speak to him, but she will die for she will not speak to him, but she will die for

him. him. 2.2. she is honest about the man’s situation.she is honest about the man’s situation.3.3. she is self-centered. she is self-centered. 4.4. she is stubborn about hiding her emotions. she is stubborn about hiding her emotions.

Choose the wrong answer

1.1. One has different versions, while the other One has different versions, while the other does not.does not.

2.2. One deals with loyalty, while the other, One deals with loyalty, while the other, unrequited or failed love. unrequited or failed love.

3.3. One deals with immortality, while the other, One deals with immortality, while the other, mortality. mortality.

4.4. One has omissions, while the other does not.One has omissions, while the other does not.

1.1. love love 2.2. despairdespair3.3. my bedmy bed4.4. my desiremy desire

-- Simple Desires (of sex and physical -- Simple Desires (of sex and physical comfort)comfort)-- Strong Emotions (crying, laughing, -- Strong Emotions (crying, laughing, refusal, admission of death) and refusal, admission of death) and -- Omissions of Complication?-- Omissions of Complication?

How about Shakespeare’s Sonnets?