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BALLADS. Medieval & Modern. BALLAD HISTORY. HISTORY Late Medieval Europe (1200-1400s). Began as a type of folk song that told an exciting story . Francis James Child , wrote the book The English and Scottish Ballads, which was a compilation of the ballads of the time.
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BALLADS Medieval & Modern
BALLAD HISTORY • HISTORY • Late Medieval Europe (1200-1400s). • Began as a type of folk song that told an exciting story. • Francis James Child, wrote the book The English and Scottish Ballads, which was a compilation of the ballads of the time. • Robin Hood was a ballad
BALLAD 5 CHARACTERISTICS 1) A ballad… • tells a simple, dramaticstory, typically in third person narrative. • Usually begins at a catastrophe • ballads tell of love, death, the supernatural, or a combination of these
BALLAD 5 CHARACTERISTICS 2) A ballad… • focuses on actions and dialogue of a single crucial episode or situationrather than characteristics and narration. • Little attention to the setting and character descriptions • Plain language
BALLAD 5 CHARACTERISTICS 3) A ballad… • A ballad has a simple metrical structure and sentence structure. That means the lines have roughly the same amount of syllables I went to the market today 1 2 3 4 5-6 7-8
BALLAD 5 CHARACTERISTICS 4) A ballad… • is sung to a modal melody. (rhythmical pattern) • Heavy amount of repetition, refrains and parallelism, which may be a way of discharging emotion, or to serve as a mnemonic technique.
BALLAD 5 CHARACTERISTICS 5) A ballad… • is of the oral tradition, passed down by word of mouth. Therefore, it undergoes changes and is of anonymous authorship. • Originally circulated among “illiterate” or “semi-literate” groups
BALLAD 5 CHARACTERISTICS Sample Stanza: The wind cauld blew south and north, And blew into the floor; Quoth our goodman to our goodwife, “Get out and bar the door.” DETAILS, DETAILS Rhyme: Traditionally, the second and fourth lines rhyme in each quatrain Structure: Varied, but most often a series of quatrains and incremental repetition. Measure/Beat: Typically iambic tetrameter and iambic pentameter on alternating lines Common Themes: Love, tragedy, religion, politics, triumph, loss
BALLAD SPECIAL TERMINOLOGY Direct Address – construction in which the speaker directly addresses another person (who is usually in the poem as well) Example from “Lord Randall”: "Oh where ha'e ye been, Lord Randall my son? O where ha'e ye been, my handsome young man?" "I ha'e been to the wild wood: mother, make my bed soon, For I’m weary wi' hunting, and fain wald lie down."
MEDIEVAL LANGUAGE • DON’T RECOGNIZE A WORD? • Look at the bottom under definitions OR • Say the word out loud to yourself take an educated guess as to what the words/phrases mean. Often it is just spelled differently. • Ex. “do ye take auf the old man’s beard?” • WORDS WITH APOSTROPHES • Apostrophes mean letters are missing! • “the first word whae’ershou’dspeak”
~GET UP & BAR THE DOOR~ ANONYMOUS • 1 It fell about the Martinmas time,And a gay time it was then,When our goodwife got puddings to make,And she ’s boil’d them in the pan. • 5 The wind cauld blew south and north,And blew into the floor;Quoth our goodman to our goodwife,“Get out and bar the door.” • “My hand is in my hussyfskap,10 Goodman, as ye may see;An’ it shou’dna be barr’d this hundred year,It ’s no be barr’d for me.” • They made a paction ’tween them two,They made it firm and sure,15 That the first word whae’ershou’d speak,Shou’d rise and bar the door. • Then by there came two gentlemen,At twelve o’ clock at night,And they could neither see house nor hall,20 Nor coal nor candle-light. • “Now whether is this a rich man’s house,Or whether is it a poor?”But ne’er a word would any o’ them speak,For barring of the door. • 25 And first they ate the white puddings,And then they ate the black. Tho’ muckle thought the goodwife to hersel’ Yet ne’er a word she spake. • Then said the one unto the other,30 “Here, man, take ye my knife;Do ye take auf the old man’s beard,And I’ll kiss the goodwife.” • “But there’s no water in the house,And what shall we do than?”35 “What ails ye at the pudding-broo,That boils into the pan?” • O up then started our goodman,An angry man was he:“Will ye kiss my wife before my eyes,40 And scald me wi’ pudding-bree?” • Then up and started our goodwife,Goed three skips on the floor:“Goodman, you’ve spoken the foremost word!Get up and bar the door.”
~GET UP & BAR THE DOOR~ ANONYMOUS • 1 It fell about the Martinmas time,And a gay time it was then,When our goodwife got puddings to make,And she ’s boil’d them in the pan. • 5 The wind cauld blew south and north,And blew into the floor;Quoth our goodman to our goodwife,“Get out and bar the door.” • “My hand is in my hussyfskap,10 Goodman, as ye may see;An’ it shou’dna be barr’d this hundred year,It ’s no be barr’d for me.” • They made a paction ’tween them two,They made it firm and sure,15 That the first word whae’ershou’d speak,Shou’d rise and bar the door. • Then by there came two gentlemen,At twelve o’ clock at night,And they could neither see house nor hall,20 Nor coal nor candle-light. • “Now whether is this a rich man’s house,Or whether is it a poor?”But ne’er a word would any o’ them speak,For barring of the door. • 25 And first they ate the white puddings,And then they ate the black. Tho’ muckle thought the goodwife to hersel’ Yet ne’er a word she spake. • Then said the one unto the other,30 “Here, man, take ye my knife;Do ye take off the old man’s beard,And I’ll kiss the goodwife.” • “But there’s no water in the house,And what shall we do than?”35 “What ails ye at the pudding-broo,That boils into the pan?” • O up then started our goodman,An angry man was he:“Will ye kiss my wife before my eyes,40 And scald me wi’ pudding-bree?” • Then up and started our goodwife,Goed three skips on the floor:“Goodman, you’ve spoken the foremost word!Get up and bar the door.” IS IT A BALLAD? 1) Quatrains (4 line stanzas) 2) Lines 2 & 4 rhyme (in blue) 3) Tells a story & uses direct address
~GET UP & BAR THE DOOR~ ANONYMOUS COMPREHENSION: • What does the goodman want the goodwife to do and why? What is the goodwife’s reply to this request? • How do they resolve their problem? INTERPRETATION/ANALYSIS: • What does the stranger mean when he suggest taking “aff the auld man’s beard?” • What serious point does this humorous ballad make? • What words best describe the goodwife and the goodman in the poem? DEBATEALBE THOUGHTS: • Who is more foolish – the husband or the wife? • Can people be hurt by stubbornness (their own or someone else’s)? Give an example. • Can we relate this poem to couples today?
TWA CORBIES (Two Ravens) As I was walking all alane, I heard twacorbies making a mane. The one unto the tither did say, “Wharsall we go and dine the day?” “In behint that auld fail dlyke, I wont there lies a new-slain knight; And naebody knows that he lies there But his hawk, his hound and his lady fair.” “His hound is to the hunting gane, His hawk to fetch the wild-fowl hame, His lady’s ta’enanither mate, So we may make our dinner sweet. “Ye’ll sit on his white hause-bane, And I’ll pike out his bonny blue e’en; Wi’ a lock o’ his golden hair We’ll thatch our nest when it grows bare. “Many a one for him makes mane, But none sall care whar he is gane. O’er his white banes, when they are bare, The wind sall blow for evermair.”