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“Lord Randall” and “Get Up & Bar the Door”

“Lord Randall” and “Get Up & Bar the Door”. Ballads. Ballads. A song or songlike poem that tells a story in a regular pattern of rhythm and rhyme and uses simple, direct language. Characteristics. Sensational or tragic subject matter Domestic tragedy False love True love

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“Lord Randall” and “Get Up & Bar the Door”

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  1. “Lord Randall”and“Get Up & Bar the Door” Ballads Geschke/English III "Lord Randall" & "Get Up & Bar the Door"

  2. Ballads • A song or songlike poem that tells a story in a regular pattern of rhythm and rhyme and uses simple, direct language. Geschke/English III "Lord Randall" & "Get Up & Bar the Door"

  3. Characteristics • Sensational or tragic subject matter • Domestic tragedy • False love • True love • The absurdity of husband-wife relationships • The supernatural • Omitted details • Supernatural events Geschke/English III "Lord Randall" & "Get Up & Bar the Door"

  4. Characteristics • Refrain • A repeated word, line or group of lines • Incremental Repetition • A phrase or sentence is repeated with a new element added each time until the climax is reached in order to build up suspense. • Question-and answer format • The facts of the story are gradually presented in this format in order to build suspense. Geschke/English III "Lord Randall" & "Get Up & Bar the Door"

  5. “Lord Randall” • Structure • Question and answer format between Lord Randall’s mother and Lord Randall Geschke/English III "Lord Randall" & "Get Up & Bar the Door"

  6. Question/Answer #1 • Where have you been? • I have been in the woods hunting. Geschke/English III "Lord Randall" & "Get Up & Bar the Door"

  7. Question/Answer #2 • Where did you eat your dinner? • I ate with my true love. Geschke/English III "Lord Randall" & "Get Up & Bar the Door"

  8. Question/Answer #3 • What did you eat for dinner? • I ate eels boiled in broth. Geschke/English III "Lord Randall" & "Get Up & Bar the Door"

  9. Question/Answer #4 • What happened to your bloodhounds? • They swelled up and died. Geschke/English III "Lord Randall" & "Get Up & Bar the Door"

  10. Final Stanza • Functions as conclusion • His mother concludes he has been poisoned. • Lord Randall agrees Geschke/English III "Lord Randall" & "Get Up & Bar the Door"

  11. Symbolism: The Bed • “…mother, make my bed soon,/ For I’m weary wi’ hunting, and fain wald lie down.” • These lines end the first three stanzas • “…mother, make my bed soon,/ For I’m sick at the heart, and I fain wald lie down.” • Ends the fourth stanza • The bed symbolizes his death bed • He has been poisoned by his true love Geschke/English III "Lord Randall" & "Get Up & Bar the Door"

  12. Symbolism: The Eels • Most likely, this is what has been poisoned • Eels are the most snakelike of fish • Snakes symbolize evil Geschke/English III "Lord Randall" & "Get Up & Bar the Door"

  13. Variations • “Lord Randall” is supposed to have 103 known variations. • Bob Dylan’s “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall” Geschke/English III "Lord Randall" & "Get Up & Bar the Door"

  14. “Get Up and Bar the Door” • Setting • Around Martinmas time (the feast of Saint Martin of Tours) • November 11 • Usually celebrated with a big feast • Much like our modern holidays • A lot of work needs to be done around the house Geschke/English III "Lord Randall" & "Get Up & Bar the Door"

  15. Conflict • The door needs to be barred • The husband wants the wife to do it • The wife wants the husband to do it Geschke/English III "Lord Randall" & "Get Up & Bar the Door"

  16. Conflict: Conclusion • “They made a paction tween them twa, They made it firm and sure,That the first word whaeer should speak, Should rise and bar the door.” • The first person to speak has to go and lock the door Geschke/English III "Lord Randall" & "Get Up & Bar the Door"

  17. Characterization • Stubborn • Silly • Theme • Battle of the sexes Geschke/English III "Lord Randall" & "Get Up & Bar the Door"

  18. Plot • Two men come into the house and eat all the food • Neither the husband nor the wife say anything because they do not want to lose the wager • The two intruders then decide to cut off the man’s beard and kiss the wife • The man finally responds: • “Will ye kiss my wife before my een And scad me wi pudding-bree?” Geschke/English III "Lord Randall" & "Get Up & Bar the Door"

  19. Plot • The woman responds after the man: • “Goodman, you’ve spoken the foremost word, Get up and bar the door.” • Humorous ending • Her priority is winning the bet. Geschke/English III "Lord Randall" & "Get Up & Bar the Door"

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