"Kemp
Owyne" follows the traditional ballad form of being a song with a developing plot in which
a character describes critical moments which build to a final dramatic event that resolves any
and all conflicts. The moments which reveal the conflicts and resolution are arranged in
quatrain stanzas with rhyming second and fourth lines. The ballad reveals, rather than just
tells, by describing the critical moments in the sequence of events: An evil stepmother curses a
pretty maiden, casting her into the sea as a...
Friday, 19 August 2011
Please analyse this old ballad from northen Scotland, KEMP OWYNE, with all its sound devices, imagery and style. The author is anonymous. Thank you.
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