KIDS QUIZ
SCIENCE FICTION
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In Scarlet town, where I was born, There was a fair maid dwellin’, Made every youth cry Well-a-way! Her name was Barbara Allen.All in the merry month of May, When green buds they were swellin’, Young Jemmy Grove on his death-bed lay, For love of Barbara Allen.He sent his man in to her then, To the town where she was dwellin’;“O haste and come to my master dear, If your name be Barbara Allen.”This is an example of a(n):
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ode
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ballad
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epic poem
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science fiction
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The first written mention of Barbara Allen was made by Samuel Pepys who sang it with friends on New Year’s Eve in 1665, and since then hundreds of versions have been recorded by collectors over the years from all round the British Isles and across North America.
Detailed explanation-2: -folk music …of the English ballad “Barbara Allen, ‘’ found 198 versions of the story sung in the English-speaking world, accompanied by tunes belonging to three tune families.
Detailed explanation-3: -“Barbara Allen” is an example of old-world balladry.
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