Medieval Ballads

1. IT is orally transmitted and of anonymous authorship. 2. It tells a story. 3. It has intricate and multiple plotlines. 4. Its language is characterized by repetition and simple metrical structure.

1. The first line that Sir Patrick read, A loud laugh laughed he; The next line that Sir Patrick read, The tear blinded his ee. 2. the king “sits” and drinks “the blood-red wine”; 3. the old knight – “sits by the king’s right knee” 4. It's forty miles frae Aberdeen, And fifty fathoms deep, And there lies guid Sir Patrick Spence, Wi' the Sects lords at his feet!

This shows that 1.she will not speak to him, but she will die for him. 2.she is honest about the man’s situation. 3.she is self-centered. 4.she is stubborn about hiding her emotions. Choose the wrong answer

1.One has different versions, while the other does not. 2.One deals with loyalty, while the other, unrequited or failed love. 3.One deals with immortality, while the other, mortality. 4.One has omissions, while the other does not.

1.love 2.despair 3.my bed 4.my desire

-- Simple Desires (of sex and physical comfort) -- Strong Emotions (crying, laughing, refusal, admission of death) and -- Omissions of Complication? How about Shakespeare’s Sonnets?