LITERATURE QUESTIONS
MISCELLENEOUS QUESTIONS
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a Chivalric Romance
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a Morality Play
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an epic-heroic poem
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a ballad
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Detailed explanation-1: -Lord Randal is a traditional popular ballad written in the late Middle Ages. Its text is part of a volume written in ca 1710 and published in the “English and Scottish Popular Ballads”. The ballad tells the story of Lord Randal who went hunting in the woods with a hawk and hounds.
Detailed explanation-2: -’Lord Randall’ is a Scottish folk ballad.
Detailed explanation-3: -As are all traditional ballads, “Lord Randal” is a narrative song-a song that tells a story. Ballads tell their stories directly, with an emphasis on climactic incidents, by stripping away those details that are not essential to the plot. “Lord Randal” tells of a man who has been poisoned by his lover.
Detailed explanation-4: -Though “Lord Randall” is about death, loss, and betrayal, it’s also classic tearjerker about the consequences of love. The reason it’s so sad is because it’s got longing and misery all tied up together.
Detailed explanation-5: -"Lord Randall” is known as a “Child ballad” because it was one of the many English and Scottish ballads compiled by Francis J. Child in his 1857-1858 collection of historical ballads, The English and Scottish Popular Ballads.